Ok, I think it is official. I have turned into a couch potato. This was one of the rare weekends when I had absolutely nothing I HAD to do. Did not have to teach, polo practice is cancelled for Sunday morning....no plans at all. So I thought I would have a productive weekend of running errands, maybe enjoying some quality time outdoors, catch up with some friends. I got up yesterday and went to the gym and had a good workout, came home and showered, and decided to check out what was on the television. BIG mistake!!! I proceeded to sit on the couch for the next 7 or 8 hours, flipping channels, and generally stuffing my face. I watched reruns of several bad 80s sitcoms, pretended to be hetero and watched some sports whilst consuming beer, reversed the effects of that by watching the Home & Garden channel (you should see...what's on HGTV!!!...that jingle is very addictive), watched a couple of movies, and rounded out the day with an hour and a half of CNN Headline news. Sure, it's basically the same stories every half an hour. But after that much television, it took three times for any of it to sink in. Over the course of all this viewing, I ate two bowls of cereal, a snickers bar, some sour cream and onion potato chips, some hickory barbecue potato chips, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, some ice cream, and the a gyro.
I am amazed at several things. First, my brain didn't spontaneously turn to mush as my parents had led me to believe would happen from too much tv. Second, my cat is a pig and will eat anything. Third, beer makes any sport better.
Now if you'll excuse me, I think there is a movie marathon about to start on Lifetime tv...
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