TV, Attempt to Slow Down, and the Increasing Need to Leave the House!

I've been keeping River and myself very busy lately! Every day has been filled with either working, errands, or adventures. We've done something involving considerable (2 or more hours in the car) driving every weekend for the past six or more weeks.

This weekend I wanted some time at home without any plans, so I purposefully left Friday and Saturday completely blank in my planner (other than a reminder that I need to do laundry, which is currently sitting downstairs being forgotten about >.< ). I'm regretting it!

River's obsession with Sesame Street has led to every moment at home being a battle to get her away from the TV. I can either give in and get things done with the time that she spends zombified, or I can fight her.

To give her credit, she's not a total zombie. Yes, sometimes she gets that glazed look in her eyes where I can tell that her brain has stopped working, but very often she's up in front of the TV dancing or pointing to body parts or otherwise "interacting" with Elmo and the other characters.

I've been finding myself, very often today, thinking of errands that I could devise even though they aren't completely necessary or of places we could go just for a change of scenery and a bit more separation from the TV. I think we might be going out today...

It has been forever and a half since I've blogged on here, and although I'm pretty sure that no one reads this, I feel like typing :)

I've been reading some great blogs lately, namely The Bloggess and Manic Mrs. Stone. The blogs aren't new, but I'm new to reading them. They've convinced me that to have a great blog you need to either be hilarious or have amazing pictures and fantastic insights. I have none of this. I'm not particularly funny (except maybe in physicality), I don't even own a working camera, and I'm not all that insightful. I talk about mundane things from my life and I'm too scared to link friends to my blog for fear of what they might think.

Really, I'm lame. Typing this has just reinforced the fact that I'm lame. I'm going to stop now...