Sunday, May 2, 2010 - Day 2

Today, I woke up without my much needed hangover. I felt fine… just a little thirsty, so my desperate attempt to have an excuse to sleep late and not do anything fell through. Stupid beer, of all the days you chose to be nice to me, you chose today. Well I still slept in till 11-ish (going to sleep at 4 am did work out good for me though). I went over to my mom’s to have breakfast/lunch with my brother and his wife. She was playing music but I took it as my mom’s being a restaurant, so it worked out. We ate and sat around talking for a bit. The TV was almost turned on but for some reason my family felt that going along with my project was a good idea. :(

After eating at the restaurant “Mom’s place”, I went back down to my house to join my hungover boyfriend (the beer gods had mistaken him for me it seems). He bugged me for most of the day to turn on the TV. “No one will know,” he said. I know that but still… I’m really trying not to cheat on this project as easy as it would be. I want to know if media really is so big in my life. Well so far… IT IS!!!! And I’m having major withdrawals. If I could have my music, I would be fine, but without that, I really do not know what I should do on my days off from school and work other than my norm. It’s a beautiful day outside, but what could I do? What should I do? Everything cost money when you go out and money is something I do not have right now. Staying home is great but not when it is engulfed in silence!

I found my book that I had been holding off on reading due to school so I took the time to finish it. In a few hours, I fell asleep due to the lack of sleep from the night before. My boyfriend woke me up to ask me what I wanted for dinner. He went off to the kitchen to cook up some bacon and eggs. He watched TV while I struggled to read my book again. I could hear the TV in the background, and as tempting and frustrating it was to stay out of the kitchen, I was able to endure. The book was read and I was back into sitting around, wondering what to do with myself. Finally, dinner was cooked and my boyfriend and I sat in silence as we ate. My boyfriend making it very clear to me that he really hated this project and how he could not wait till it was over.

Once dinner was over and cleaned up, I went back to lying around with endless possibilities of things to do that never came to mind. Laundry was already being done and the house was clean enough. So the rest of the night, I felt that the best thing I could do was to sit around and annoy my boyfriend. By the way Mr. Lopez, my boyfriend wanted me to relay the message that he hates you.

It seems that because of the media that is currently absent from my daily routine, I find myself not able to function correctly. For the rest of the night, I laid on my bed poking, questioning and taking my boyfriend to the edge of wanting to suffocate me with his own pillow. Finally, the day had come to the end and sleep is in the near future. If only I hadn’t slept those few hours earlier, I would be ready to hit the hay but it seems it might take a bit of persuasion in my mind to give it that extra needed thought of tiredness. Taking a shower and getting ready for the act of sleep did help. As much as I wanted to stay strong through this project, I felt I did not need to put my boyfriend through anymore strain and let him watch TV before bed since that is how he falls asleep. I did indeed get something out of it too. The sweet, sweet taste of entertainment that I have been mostly deprived of for the past 2 days. I’m sorry Mr. Lopez, but I couldn’t help it.