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Husband thinks I’m ridiculous for deciding to do the discretionary eating challenge for August. We had this conversation in the bathroom, where I was soaking in the tub and he was eating dinner. I don’t think anyone who eats in the bathroom is in any position to judge what I do, but that’s another issue. I was telling him about it and the discussions that had gone on around it - sustainability, ecology, nutrition, mindfulness, and so on. And he pretty much poo-pooed it. In part because we already live pretty close to the goals (pop excepted), so in that sense it won’t be much of a challenge, and in part because something very important is about to happen:
Football season is starting.
Holy cats! I sat up in the tub with alarm!
We don’t have TV any more. This means we have to go out to watch a game, and the only place “out” where games exist is pubs. Pubs don’t like it when you show up and don’t order food and drink. But I can’t miss games! What’s the point of having time off school if I can’t waste it watching football? My two football instructors are potentials here, since both have enormous TV’s and cable - though Esan has a proper job and a new bride, which probably makes Monday night football at his house a no-go. Z is the other choice, but he doesn’t like to let me come over lest I be shocked at his bachelorly housekeeping standards. I keep telling him about my colony of pink mold in the bathroom but it doesn’t change his mind.
Still, it’s only one month. This is not a forever change - surely at some point I will go back to restaurants. (Though as I have said, it is a disturbing trend that whenever we’ve eaten at a vegetarian restaurant the food is inferior to that which I make at home. This was never a problem when I ate meat. Just sayin’.)
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July 29th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
I had no idea you were a football fan. I don’t think we can be friends anymore.
July 31st, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Something I should clarify for you:
Football *pre*season is starting.
I likes me the football, but I’m not enough of a fan to spend time watching games that don’t affect the standings. The NFL regular season doesn’t start until Sept. 4. Go ahead, eat with discretion for a month. You won’t be missing much.
August 1st, 2008 at 7:06 am
quite!