"No, tv? That's silly."

Erika here.
Well, the cable company followed through with their promise. No cable reception as of midnight last night.



Here's a picture of our quiet television. We have such a nice tv, don't we? Blu-ray player and everything. Sigh.

This morning wasn't too horrendous since we were so frazzled running around trying to get ready for the work day. Becks did ask for it at one point. I went through the spiel that he can't watch tv, mommy can't watch tv, daddy can't watch tv, yada yada. He then turned to me and said, "No, tv? That's silly." No buddy. It's for real.

I only work a half day on Thursdays, so I am now at home, and Beckett is napping. I have been sitting in front of the computer since he went down. But, oddly enough, I'm not wasting time on facebook looking at pictures of people I don't even know. I'm actually getting some things done that I've been putting off. It's mostly work stuff, but I did realize that our pictures saved on our computer need some major organizing. So, that's a project that I'll attack with my new found time. Beckett and I also ran to the art store. I wanted to pick up some sketch books, pastels, etc. to fool around with in the evening. I haven't ever been an artist, but love to play with color and draw pictures for Becks. I was actually really inspired after visiting MoMa in New York last month. So, we'll see what becomes of this.

I am sitting with some fears about our commitment that I'd thought I'd share.

Fears are as follows:
The quiet (makes me a little nervous)
The boredom (I tend to get frantic when bored)
Will I be able to relax? Will I find something that keeps my mind from racing?
Will I become incredibly boring? For example, will I go to bed at 8 every night?
Friends and family will dread visiting our place
Will I have to endlessly entertain Beckett? Will I be able to shower or clean the house without having Becks watch tv?
I fear that not knowing the following will haunt me for the entire year: I won't know if the American Idol winner truly deserved it, the same goes for the winners of Project Runway and Survivor. I won't know Oprah's next big thing. I will have no idea why all those people are on that island in Lost. I will miss the season finale of Big Love and the entire seasons of Dexter and True Blood.
The worst fear of all is that this television boycott will be incredibly difficult and I'll quit. I'm not a quitter.