It all started on that faithful New Year’s Eve night when every kid was spewing their guts all over the house while I pushed on with the New Year Cheer. We are not big Dick Clark fans, so we had chosen The Big Bang Theory, which happened to be in marathon mode, as the background noise to our chorus of vomit.
I will admit I had tried watching the show several times before and never got it. Frankly, Sheldon reminded me a little of Sam in his most annoying times. I watch TV to escape, not to relive similar events to my daily life. But it kept the kids happy while I went between cleaning vomit and making appetizers as our traditional New Year’s Eve meal. Sounds delish, doesn’t it?
That was the day we all would fall for the science hilarity that is The Big Bang Theory. Now, Amber will often break into an intimation of Mrs. Wolowitz. While Evie exclaims that Sheldon is her favorite. And, of course, we all know the words to Soft Kitty:
