Feeling Old!

I've always been comfortable in my skin. Okay, I wouldn't object to losing about five stone overnight but as that isn't going to happen, I'm not so bothered. I've also never wished I was a different age than the one I am now because I've never really felt my age before now.

But, for the first time, I am now conscious of the fact I've hit 40 and that, technically, means I'm really and truly a grown up. The reason why I'm so conscious of the fact is because of Glee. It's a TV show on America's Fox network which C4 has been showing on its E4 service. Glee is set in an American high school and centers around the activities of a bunch of kids in the school's Glee Club, which is a kind of show choir that sings and does dance routines.

It reminds me of all the fabulous times I had at school doing drama and taking part in the school musicals and it has a hugely talented cast. The reason I'm now feeling my age is that this show is immense and its fan base is mostly teen age. I feel slightly out of place, as a 40-year-old mum of one, that a TV programme has had such a massive impact.

I seriously can't remember the last time I watched anything which grabbed me in such a way that I not only cannot wait to watch it on TV but that I also go and look online for things like YouTube videos of the cast being interviewed, wallpapers, photos, blogs and biographies for the stars. This is a serious addiction and I feel like I should be 15 and having a major crush on the male lead and not 40 and doing the same thing!

Still, at least Glee is a family friendly TV show, loads of fabulous songs and dance routines, moral dilemmas, teen pregnancy and all that involves, the usual teen angst surrounding whether you "fit in" or not and how to stick two fingers up at the world when you don't fit and don't care either.

Season Two premieres live tonight on Fox at 8pm US time and I'll hopefully be catching up with it online when they put up the streaming version tomorrow. It's time to find out if Finn is still as cute as ever, Rachel as annoyingly talented and how the rest of the gang are coping with having to put up with all the drama. I can't wait!