Wasting time

Lately, I have been thinking about how I spend my days. When Alison is awake and alert, I love spending every minute playing a game with her, singing to her, and laughing as she makes goofy faces. I have tried to capture some of her goofy faces for you to see:

However, once Alison is down for a nap, I tend to just waste time. I was really convicted about this last week. It just hit me - all of a sudden! I watch too much TV. Anyone who knows me really well knows that I love watching television. The scary thing is that I have gotten to the point where I feel as though I have truly missed out on something important if I don't watch a certain program. It's like these fictitious characters are my "friends" and I have to see what is going on in their "lives." It is a sad realization, I know. The saddest part about the whole thing is that I am missing out on REAL friendships and REAL relationships with people in my life. I did not turn the TV on once today and instead I got lost in a great book. Imagine that... reading for fun. I am going to try and give more of my time to relationships with real people. This will surely enrich my life.

I can only assume that once Alison gets a little bit older, we can have more adventures outside of the house. I am looking forward to this time away from my TV addiction!