The Losing Battle with my DVR

I watch too much TV. But I pride (is it pride?) myself on the fact that I watch TV with a PURPOSE. I don't just flip through channels and watch whatever is on. I have a bunch of shows that I watch but that's it. If its not on my DVR I don't watch it. If my DVR is empty I watch a DVD from my long list of 'to-watch' DVD's.

But I'm afraid that my DVR is winning the battle. At one point in October I got distracted from my TV somehow (WHAT?! How could I?!) and my DVR got up to like 80% full which is NOT OK with me. I also have a DVR in my bedroom (oh its that bad) to catch the overflow from when more than 2 shows are on at one time. Back in October that DVR was stuck at like 20%. I kept watching but they just kept recording and it seemed like a losing battle. That's when I realized my DVR was winning.

Then one weekend it all changed. I stayed in and just WATCHED. I conquered the DVR. This may not be as exciting as climbing a mountain or skydiving but its an accomplishment damn it! and I'm proud. All the DVR's were down to zero!! And I kept up with it. I watched everything that recorded the night it recorded or the next morning. That in itself is a feat because on Monday nights (my worst night of recordings) I record 9.5 hours of TV.

Then I went away for a long weekend. I went to my moms and tried to stay caught up while I was there. I stay up A LOT later than everyone I know in NY (my regular bed time is about 3am) so I watched while they slept but it was too hard. I had too much other stuff to do and I fell behind. Now I'm back home and have stuff from almost a week ago on my DVR and they are at a combined amount of over 40%. Defeat.

But worry not, Thanksgiving weekend is coming. I have no class, I have no where to go, and most of my friends are out of town. I am babysitting my friend's dog so there will be lots of time with me hiding in my room with the door closed from the 2 wild animals in the family room. I will conquer the DVR again. Oh yea, and I have to pack. Who's helping with that?!

And if this post saddens you with how easy my life is, that my overflowing DVR is the epitome of my problems, just insert a different activity every time I wrote TV or DVR. Like brain surgery. "I do too many brain surgeries. No matter how many I do they just keep piling up." There, that sounds much more accomplished.