No TV

I did not realize how much I was hooked on TV until this weekend when the cable guy disconnected our cable last week. I told them twice in last five years that we've been getting free signals, even though we did not subscribe to cable. They finally caught up with us and disconnected the line while working in the neighborhood. Around the same time, our 31" color TV went out, so we really could not watch anything, even DVDs.
To my surprise, I found myself actually somewhat bored here and there over the weekend. I could not believe it. I thought I was so busy that I didn't have time to be bored. That just tells me how much of my time was spent watching stupid TV shows between activities. It feels funny just sitting on the couch without the TV on, reading the newspaper, surfing the Internet, playing the Memory game with the kids.
We'll eventually replace the broken TV, but we won't subscribe to cable or satellite. I don't think we'll be missing much by not watching it. The kids will continue watching DVDs and grandma can watch Korean dramas on tape. I'll find myself doing other things than being a couch potato.