Starting Anew

Things are starting to come together with my place, but it seems like every time I get the place cleaned, more stuff arrives to make a bigger mess with more boxes everywhere. I'm also in the process of moving my office, so the whole packing, moving, unpacking, organizing and cleaning process is getting pretty tiresome. I'm looking forward to being done with it next week. That's assuming I can be finished with it by the end of this week.

I'm really debating with myself on the cable front. Should I get cable or not? Maybe the super basic package to get the major networks but with no cable channels? With my antenna I still only get ABC, and yesterday I was enticed by some mail from time warner that basically said I could get cable with a home phone for only $45 more than I'm paying for internet access, plus they would throw in showtime for free. I don't need a home phone or showtime, but if I can get them for the same price as what I would normally have to pay for cable anyway, then that means I should go ahead and get cable, right? Or not.

I miss the routine relaxation of having shows recorded and waiting for me when I get home at night. I liked being able to fix some dinner, flip on the tv and watch all of my favorite shows without any commercials. When I have tried this lately, I'm stuck watching whatever annoying show ABC has to offer that night. Not the same. Not the same at all.

On the flip side, I didn't move downtown so that I could jump right back into a routine life. I'm hoping to shake things up a bit, and not having any television shows to watch is a great way to force myself to start doing new/different things. I think. I mean, at least until those new/different things become routine. Then maybe I can shake things up by getting cable again. Right? Hmmm.

I just wish this didn't have to come right at the beginning of the new fall season. And with football on. And with basketball right around the corner. That makes this really tough. Ugh. Now I know how people feel during lent every year. Except that I'm not giving something random up... and it's not for a predetermined period of time... and it's not just because I feel like I'm supposed to.

WHAM! A slam on religious tradition right at the end. So unexpected. So undeserved. I know, I'm a bad person.