"Free" Time

Both of the kids are napping at the same time today (mom win), which rarely happens.  So what's a mom to do with all this free time?  Nap?  No.  Laundry?  Sometimes.  Watch bad reality tv.  Yes!

Hi, I'm Alyssa and I love reality tv.  There, I said it.

I can't help it, what's not to love?  I mean women fighting about nothing while wearing high end shoes and drinking mixed cocktails, it's the best.  I can just sit back with my feet up and a sugary snack (something I wouldn't eat in front of the kiddos, so I don't have to share) and relax.  It's my stress reliever, for real.  Why worry about my own problems when I can watch two botox-ed housewives scream it out with frozen faces.  Love.

I know my brain is slowly rotting away with each episode I watch, but I can't resist.  In fact I savour these shows like a fine wine.  I series record them, then watch an episode when the house is quiet and I can zone out.  It's cheaper than a massage, right?  So why not.

Sometimes I multitask and fold laundry or wash dishes while the tv runs.  It's a talent, I know. Somehow I feel less guilty about watching if I can show something was accomplished while I stared at the glowing box.

But seriously, if this is my guilty pleasure then why not indulge.  There's no calories (well other than those sugary snacks, duh), no hangover, no credit card bill to pay afterwards.  It's fine.  Right?

No, no, it's fine, I just decided.

And so the naptime tv indulgence will continue and I can get in some ME time while those little bubs rest and recharge their batteries.  If I am lucky I get an hour and a half to myself, and I am sooo not wasting that on something practical like a nap or mopping my floors.  Ick.

But what do I do when they stop napping?  Eeek, I don't even want to think about that today.  Let me go see what's waiting in the dvr and worry about real problems another time.  Sigh.