Steve Here.
We made it through Day 1 unscathed. Actually, it was better than I expected. Erika had a dinner to attend, so Beckett and I played, jammed on his guitar and read a fair number of books a few times over. He was in bed by 8:15, just in time for a few friends to arrive. I was in bed at eleven. I think Erika strolled in sometime after that. Not too difficult.
But the habitual tendencies are the interesting part of this experiment. Day one we wake up and don't turn the TV on - weird. After dinner we go to the living room to play and don't turn the TV on - weird. Becket goes to bed and friends come over and don't turn the TV on - weird. Wake up on Day 2 and Beckett turns the TV on and the local news comes in crystal clear - QUICK, TURN IT OFF!!!
I guess we will unplug the TVs tonight - better for the electric bill, what with phantom electricity.
So here we are, coffee in hand, Pandora playing in the living room, about to leave for work. And it is just us and that is the point.
You guys are nuts.....I guess it has to be easier to contemplate with just Beckett. I'd shoot myself without TV during these times.....I need to decompress with TV at night, don't know how I would do that without it! Reading isn't decompressing to me.....and I talk so much at work, I'm kind of done when the kids are in bed....
ReplyDeleteGood luck, we'll see if you can make it..... :)