And nobody died.

Our week without TV is now done. Yes, I know it wasn't a full week, I'm well aware there are 7 days in a week, not 5, but the challenge we were sent was technically only for 5 days. I was surprised at the lack of whining, complaining or begging that went on. I mean, I never did any of that and that surprised me. I figured I would sneak a peak on Wed., since my favorite show is Survivor and I rarely miss it, going all the way back to the first season. I even told Marcy when I proposed we do this, that I was sneaking down after the kids went to sleep on that night to watch it on the DVR, but the guilt was too much. Mason bet me that I would crack before him, and even though I'm not as competitive as I use to be, I wasn't loosing a bet over TV. Is it bad that I encouraged my kid to bet? I'm guessing he can tell his counselor at 1-800-BETS OFF when he gets older that his dad got him hooked on gambling. The weather was horrible, so a lot of the things we had planned went right in the crapper. We were going to go for a bike ride, lots of walks, plus anything else we could think of to do outside. It rained almost every day, and the day it didn't, we took a walk to a near bye park, Marcy and I were in our heavy coats. It was a bit of overkill, but since I have lost a total of 2 pounds lately, that layer of body fat on me is dangerously close to making me only slightly obese. I've cut my Coke consumption down to one or two a day and increased my water intake to a 50 gallon drum, or so it feels. The water bill at my office has got to have doubled over the past 2 weeks, I feel like I would get more done if we would just mount my laptop over the urinal. I'm told this side effect will subside as my body gets use to the intake, but I haven't seen that yet. Back on the TVless week,I'm proud of the kids for taking the challenge and getting through it. In my naive world, I thought they would realize how little they actually needed the box, and vow to turn it on much less, without Marcy and I telling them to turn it off. When I proclaimed this belief, I was quickly shot down and told it was the hardest thing they had ever done. I guess that is good on one hand, at least they haven't had to deal with anything tough so far in their lives.