Working from the Apartment

Thursday March 4th 2010 5:30pm

So I woke up today, determined to start weening myself off of the almighty television. Freddy called me as I was getting ready for work, and informed me that the internet was still out at the office, and it would be best if I worked from home.

That made me want to turn on the TV and relax for a little bit in the morning.

Fortunately, I found the motivation to do some exercises up on the roof, and work on some emails in the morning. In the afternoon, I ran out of work to do and became even more tempted to watch the tube, and avoided it by whipping out my old Hebrew textbook from college and brushing up on my alef bet (alphabet). I was disappointed in how much I had forgotten, but pleased with how quickly I picked it back up.

After lunch and practicing my pronunciations, I took a walk past the bumper boats mall to a distant mall that I cannot even see from my apartment. Yes, there are a lot of malls around here. It was about a half hour walk to get there, but my explorations kept me busy for most of the afternoon.

Of course, all of this plotting to avoid the television will come crashing down tonight when I will undoubtedly enjoy Thursday night television. I mean, Jim and Pam are going to have a baby, how am I supposed to miss out on that? Maybe tomorrow I'll have better luck with initiating screen time.