On Tuesday Danny informed me that I couldn't go to the gym after work because I had some TV shows I needed to watch. You know how people have their shows. The ones they never miss and if they do end up missing them they catch up on Hulu. Well, Danny manages my TV watching to make sure I am one of those people.
In order to appreciate the ridiculousness of this snapshot of our life you have to understand a few things.
1) Danny plays basketball with some buddies so he's not home on Tuesday nights
2) I am completely unaware of the channel and network matchup. ABC, NBC, TBS... I have no idea what channel number associated with each
3) I do not solicit these reminders from Danny because I could care less about these shows
4) If I did not watch TV on Tuesday nights I would probably do something productive like work out, clean, save the world
The only thing I know is that as he was heading out the door at 8pm he said go to channel 11 and then after that show is over change it to channel 4. I promise that is how the conversation went.
Perhaps he thinks I need consistency or maybe he just thinks that I cry when he leaves me home alone so he tries to keep me occupied. Either way I faithfully watch Life Unexpected and Parenthood because Danny keeps track of the TV schedule and tells me when to change the channels.
Usually he comes home from work and I'm watching some random show and he asks how I decided to watch that show. Most often the answer is I just turn on the TV and that's what was on. For example, the other night I was watching a re-run of Without a Trace, oblivious to the fact that a new episode of SVU (which is a show I would actually follow) was also on.
I live a simple life and chose to keep TV watching non-stressful. No memorizing channels, schedules or buttons on the remote. Danny tells me to go back one channel and sometimes I decrease the volume.
