Mindless Television

Has anyone else noticed that the more complex your life gets, and the less sleep you have to cope with it, the simpler your television watching becomes?

I found myself watching "Wife Swap" the other night. Not that it's a bad show, on the contrary I found it to have a profound meaning...and yes, that is what I am talking about.

I have a friend who is in a book club, belongs to movie groups who view independent movies and discuss them afterwards over a glass of wine...I read "Real Simple" magazine at the dentist's office last week and learned how to clean my kid's humidifier. Oh, and I found out that Angelina and Brad are "so happy" with their family of 8. Good for them.

I know it won't last forever. And when it's gone I'll long for the days when all my kids want is to play crazy eights for HOURS and have me chase them around the house pretending to be a cheetah. A day will come when I can return to HBO series and Netflix.

It's good to have goals.