Time and space

Day 1.2-2.0

Today I'm still feeling a bit weird about this whole no cable business.  I really don't understand why I am feeling grumpy about the situation.  Last night was really not very different from any other night.  I did the usual evening routine which the TV usually stays off.  Once we settled down for the night the TV came on and we quickly found nothing to be on.. which it nothing new.  So it was off to netflix to watch more episodes of pushing daisies before we headed to bed. 

Even if I know there is nothing on, it's difficult to feel like I'm not missing something.  Something COULD be on and we're going to miss it.  I expect just like any habit, it's not going to be easy to break and there will be some withdrawal.  I also expect we may watch some crummy TV for a bit (or else watch more movies) instead of walking away from the TV to do other things.  We still have a lot of viewing options and haven't put much thought into what other things we can realistically do with that time. 

One thing to think about is the fact that we are pretty beat by 9:00 these days.  I don't want to do much other than relax on the couch and watch TV.  Wish we had a better bathtub.  I nice bath every once and a while would be wonderful.  I'd love that time to work on art work, sewing projects or whatever, but space is also an issue.  I don't want to drag everything out, setup.. and then have 10 min to actually do some work, before it all needs to be put away again.  Maybe we should rethink the garage space.  Section off a storage area and then make a real space for projects.  We have the bones, but maybe we just need to really think  about and separate the storage section to free up a work space.  The actual work space might not be as big as we'd like it, but it would be a space.  A place we could lay out the projects we are working on and not have to always keep it put away every night (to prevent choking or stabbing or however else little Mr Grabby could send himself to the emergency room) Maybe if we keep a big bottle of vodka in the freezer down there, we'll use the room more?

Sigh... if we could only afford a larger house, right?

But getting back to the subject....  I think the hardest part about not having the TV to fall to, is it forces yourself to be conscious of how you are using your time.  It's easier to be lazy, it's comfortable.  Sometimes there is nothing wrong with that, but when it's too easy you forget to do anything else.  Now when there is nothing on, we'll have to think about what we want to do.  Continue to watch an rerun episode of Family Ties or think of something else to do.  Right now, I like the idea of that.. but when it is actually 9:00 and I'm tired and just want to veg, it's not going to be easy to get motivated.