Farewell Boob Tube

Today I got rid of my television. And no, I am not going to put a "Kill Your Television" bumber sticker on my car.

Before y'all get too excited, just let me mention that I can watch certain TV shows over the internet and movies on the 'puter. So it's not like I've completely left the TV generation.

One of the after-effects from my 3 month vacation was that I place even more value on my free time. I came back with all these things I want to do. Changes I wanted to make. But once I got back, and especially went back to work, I felt like I had no time. Then I thought about how much time I would unintentionally spend in front of the boob tube. You know how it goes. You sit down to have dinner, flip on the black box of mostly mindless entertainment, and before you know it you've lost an hour. Sure, maybe you learned that you can float a sunken sailboat with ping pong balls from the Mythbusters. But really. I decided I'd rather be do other things. Like writing this blog. Reading. Playing music. Running. So I got rid of the distraction. It was too easy to turn on.

Coming back to life-as-I-used-know-it after a 3 month absence has been harder than I expected. I really didn't expect to have a hard time re-adjusting to being home. After all, it's home. Some people I know who have spent time away nod their heads and tell me it will get better. And just in case you were wondering, that's not really all that comforting. But dis-comfort is good. I need to be the change I want to see in the world. So watch out world. Here we go! A boob-tubeless life is just the beginning.

@ Home

I'm home in the Rockies. And yes, they are still beautiful, even after the Himalayas.

It is a shock. First, the time change combined with the 30 hour plane/airport adventure threw my system for quite the loop. Nepal is 12 hours ahead of Colorado and it really is on the other side of the world. Second, it is so clean and open. The streets are wide and you don't have to watch were you step to avoid something nasty. My neighborhood street would be turned into a 5 lane thoroughfare in Nepal. Third, the culture. I haven't seen a fast food chain in 3 months. Or parking lots filled with shiny colored cars. Or this much stuff! And don't even get me started on what it's like to be back @work. But you can probably tell I'm in work brain already - I made a list of the shocking things!

Don't worry faithful blog readers. The blog is not over. I still plan on finishing the blog about the Annapurna Circuit. And I'll keep you all up to date on my adventures @home. So keep reading and I'll keep "saying".