No new media

I've chosen (for now, anyway) not to have media in my home. No TV, no Internet... I don't even have a phone (for now). I don't get any newspapers, but Oprah arrives via her magazine (the only one I get right now) each month. Mom sends me Grey's Anatomy, which I look forward to all the time (though it's not as funny this season as last). I am going to get a way to play music, because I miss it and I notice it lifts my mood automatically, every time. Today I will buy a boom box or something.

In Idaho I had TiVo and watched a LOT of television. Here, I get so much more done, I think. It's a good thing, too, because the work load is about three times as much.

It's strange to never see a newspaper, though. I still rarely walk Mufasa down into town along the lake, one of the main things I wanted to do with all the time I used to spend watching television. Mostly I just work, though. After the house is set up, I will do that.

We have two weeks off from classes starting today. The kids are on academic travel and I don't lead a trip this semester. Patti arrives Sunday and I still need to get the house in order. In Italy and Switzerland, there are no light fixtures when you arrive. I have light bulbs hanging from wires out of the ceiling. It's just one of those little cross-cultural things.

Here's the image I came up with for what I'm creating in my life. I have no idea how I'll get from here to there...