Sunday

Okay, I really messed Sunday up. I talked on the phone to my sister who really needed someone to talk to (breakup) and I was over my mother-in-laws house where the TV is always on, --cable TV for that fact. (An important fact to remember is that I don’t have cable). I couldn’t resist swiping a look at the reality shows. I mean I was like someone who has never seen a television before. My husband said I was having withdrawals and overloaded on it. To my credit, I stayed away from my computer and let my phone just about run out of “juice” until when my sister texted me on my husband’s phone, and believe me that’s the last thing she would want to do {they’re like oil and water}. I knew I had a genuine sister emergency and I had to break protocol. Oh the shame!

On a different note, the first half of the day was spent outside with my kids playing with balls, bats, and hoola hoops. I got downright childish and goofy. My husband and his two cousins watched and occasionally interacted with a ball fake or hit. It was fun. It was then that I realized that we probably wouldn’t be doing this if I had decided to stay home with my computer. I love the computer; I do all my projects on it and I sometimes yearn for a moment alone so I can spend time with it without interruption. I like to let my creative juices flow. I get carried away with the technology I have because it gives me the ability to dream and create right within my home so that sometimes I forget that I have to stop and give my family a piece of me. All they want is time and attention. Just being there doing the normal routine isn’t enough and doesn’t replace real quality time and face-to-face interaction.

The project was great because it let me know just how much control I had and just how much media I’m willing to give up, --which is hardly. I see media as changing the face of everyday life and I don’t see the world going backwards from here. I think media can be abused if we allow our world only to become about entertainment and artificial stimulation, but if we use media in a responsible way, for our work and for our convenience, then it greatly enhances our lives.