My tech free week 3-29

This week of blog entries was written as a daily diary, the old fashioned way, in a spiral notebook, to be entered into the computer when my tech free week ends.





48 hours in

I am a big fat cheater. I have to put it right out there, because I have been catching hell from my friends. They will totally call me out on it. I have no defense. Only excuses. Although, I feel they are valid excuses.

I had to google a phone number. Since going green, I have removed our address from the phone book delivery list. Why kill a tree when you can look up any number you want online? I also popped onto Facebook to get a friend a copy of an email I had written to proof read before I sent it. These were "work" matters and not for fun, so I don't feel so bad about it. In interest of full disclosure, I also caught myself accidentally googling for VBS costumes, which I was told we need by our director, and also spent a few minutes on amazon.com trying to figure out how to lend a kindle book to a friend. *hangs head in shame*. Tomorrow is another day. All addicts fall at times right?
I don't seem to be getting anymore done around the house. I'm not sure why that its. I should have tons more time now. Maybe my kids were just especially needy today. Could be that each daily activity takes more time because I am not rushing through it, and I am taking time to interact with the kids while I am doing it. 

I also found that when my evening allotted email time arrived I actually dreaded turning on the computer. Could be because I knew that my e-mail business tonight was a work activity, and not for fun.

All in all, I didn't miss the TV a bit today. The kids haven't asked to use the computer or watch TV at all these past couple days. My daughter even said she likes it better because she doesn't have to watch boy shows. This is an unfortunate result of being in a family of mostly boys. Daddy and The Boy have enjoyed watching Night Rider, Magnum PI and the Incredible Hulk in the evenings. Lame. Dang retro TV. 

Now, for the past 3 nights I have been alone with the children, so being tech free has been relatively easy. Daddy came home from his business trip today.  He makes his living on the internet so he HAS to use it. This will be an interesting transition in our experiment. I have a feeling there will be lots of negotiations!