Being unemployed and car-less has left me with much free time. I can't say that I have been using it productively though. The most productive things I do are walking the dog, vacuuming, and laundry. And those last two aren't even every day.
Usually I wander around the house, or stare blankly at a wall, trying to think of things to do. Once and awhile I make headway on my Christmas gift list. Since I'm broke, I usually make gifts with what yarn and fabric I already have in my stash. But probably not fast enough that I'll actually have them done by Christmas.
I would watch TV or movies, but not only do we not have cable, but we don't have a TV. I do listen to NPR quite a bit. I have to admit I don't like WAMU as much as I liked NHPR. Too political. But what else should I expect from a radio station based in Washington DC?
Sometimes (and more often lately) I catch up on my 'soaps' online. By 'soaps' I mean South Park and The Daily Show. South Park doesn't resume their season until next week, so right now I've been getting my news from John Stewart. And sometimes I'll even watch The Colbert Report.
Did you know they're having co-rallies in DC at the end of October? I'm not one to promote such things, but I think it's awesome! We're going, no matter what. Besides, I've never been to DC before, and what a first experience this will be. Maybe we can stay the night and be tourists the next day.
When I was in Turkmenistan people thought it was strange I had never seen our president before, let alone never been to the capitol. It's hard to explain just how big the US is to someone who only knows about it from Hollywood. Turkmenistan, being a much smaller country (population-wise, if not so much physically), their president visits each capitol more often, appeared in a few parades while I was there, and has his poster everywhere! Not that most Americans don't know what Obama looks like. I never saw Birdymuhamadov (sp?) though. Americans weren't allowed to be at those parades. No one actually said that, but we were highly discouraged, as in "Oh no, you don't need to come in to work tomorrow, we're going to be out..." It was too bad, I think it would have been kind of neat to have at least seen him, if not from a distance, through my camera lens.
Usually I just spend my time wishing I had money, and all the things I would do with it. I try very hard not to think about what it was like, and what I spent it on when I did have it. That is too depressing. Our house would be much cuter if I could have things like matching towels, or curtains in each room, let alone doing some landscaping. Or I would look more actively into going back to school, but until next fall I'm 'out-of-state'. I think I'll save the "should I go back to school, and what for?" discussion for another day.
Oh, it appears that the drier has stopped, I'd better get on with my super exciting day.
It wouldn't be so bad if it would stop raining. This may be the week to find out if the basement leaks.
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