It's Shark Week. . . Again

If you are anything like me, you love animals. I love every creature from the slimy and not so cuddly to the gigantic mega-toothed. I just find every creature on this Earth, humans included, to be amazing. So, you would think I am a huge fan of Discovery Channel's Shark Week. You would think that I have been tuning in during it's entire 23-year existence. Wrong, until now that is.

When I was growing up, I had no use for television. To be honest, I did not even know what Shark Week was until after I got married. After that, it became the bane of my existence for one week out of every year. The funny thing is I never gave it a chance. My husband and stepchild were so consumed by it that I could do naught but be frustrated. They would fall asleep in front of Shark Week. I was shooed away from the television because of Shark Week. Worst of all, (I blame you for this, Discovery Channel), my normally structured and well-behaved son would rush to the television first thing in the morning and turn on Discovery Channel without asking (permission is needed on my watch). He even wanted to eat in front of Shark Week!

That was it. I loved Discovery Channel for the documentaries I often found myself watching, but I was so tired of hearing their commercials and all of the hype about Shark Week that I entirely wrote it off for the next four years. Then, a miracle occurred. I actually had the time to sit down and watch Shark Week this past year and watch it without having to clean around my family and feed them in the living room. That week I came to the conclusion that Shark Week is totally awesome! Do not get me wrong. I am not going to stop functioning this week (like the males in my family will). However, I am going to enjoy me some shark footage.

If you want to learn more about Discovery Channel's Shark Week, click here to go to the Discovery Channel website. Alternatively, you could just turn on the Discovery Channel and learn some more about our elegantly ferocious predator friends.