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06/03/2005 Entry: "MI-5"

1) How much TV do you watch each weekday? How much on the weekend days?
Be honest now!
usually about two hours in the evening. Once I factor out drum lessons, church meetings, adult ed classes, and gigs, I'll say I eat supper around 7pm. 10pm I start getting ready for bed (usually), and lights out is 10:30. So from 7-10, the TV is on. But during that time I'm usually working on the web for MIS, or working on someone's site. Last night, I worked on a drum, so watched hardly any TV. And even when I watch TV, I usually only half watch it. Susan has a bunch of stuff she watched every week, so my stuff is usually regulated to times when she's out in the kitchen, not around, whatever. TV consumption on the weekend stays about the same, or maybe goes down.

2) How much exercise do you get each day? How much on weekend days?
I get hardly any exercise. That's one thing I realize I should really do more. Walking up and down stairs, luging drums equipment,and mowing my little lawn doesn't count as exercise.

3) Do you have things you'd like to try (swing dancing, hiking, horseback riding, etc.), but you always say "I just don't have time." If so what are they?
I've always wanted to try fencing and hang gliding.

4) If you had to make more time for something in your life, how would you best go about it?
As Paddy says, I could watch less tv. Or, I could get less sleep. If I got up at say 5am, I'd have an extra hour or hour and a half to do some other suff. Hang gliding at 5am here in Maine isn't too feasible, but I could maybe get some drum practicing in. And that has really been suffering lately.

5) Are your vacations typically traveling (either in-state or out of state) or do you stay close to home?
Usually, we do some of each. Vacation is time I use to get caught up on bigger projects around the house. The garage needs painting, the walkway needs more stones, the stairwell need wallpaper, that kinda thing. So usually we spend 2-3 days doing something out and about, and then 2-3 days at home doing projects. This year, we're going to Storyland for a couple of days.