It's not pool openings or backyard barbeques that mark the beginning of summer for me. It's something more sinister: bad hair days.
A mere week ago I was content, if not enamored with, my hair; now it's a source of embarrassment. Flat irons, straightening products, and extra-hold hairspray are no match for 92% humidity. Like a wild animal, my hair cannot be controlled, only contained. That means I'm reduced to wearing a ponytail or even (oh, the shame!) a baseball cap.
But I digress. There's another reason I know it's summer. There's absolutely nothing on TV. How did we go straight from the gluttony of 2-hour season finales on all 3 major networks to . . . nothing? (OK, I do enjoy The Bachelorette, but one show a week is hardly enough to sustain me.)
The lack of fresh programming is a grim and alarming reality, but there is a silver lining. My TV intake has (albeit involuntarily) dropped from 10.5 hours a week to 1 hour, and that means I suddenly have 9.5 hours of "free time."
I could squander it on exercise, household chores, or yardwork, but I think we all know how unlikely that is. Did I mention the 92% humidity?
So I'm going to spend 8.5 hours of my newly-found free time in the non-pollen ridden, air-conditioned, UVB ray free confines of my office. Writing. *Sigh.* It sounds heavenly. Almost as perfect as a DVR full of never-watched episodes of 30 Rock.
In case you're wondering about the other hour . . . I'm wisely setting that aside. For hair-related emergencies.
1 comment:
Cute post, Anne.
My family's answer to nothing worth watching on TV is Netflix. We're currently enjoying David Suchet portraying Agatha Christie's Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. I'm not usually a fan of mysteries, but this one is so well done I'm hooked.
And I've actually figured out whodunnit and why on two episodes. Wow!
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