In 6 words? It gave me my evenings back!
I don’t suppose I’m terribly different from anyone else when I say after working an average 10+ hour day, having something to eat and feeding the small fry, all I really want to do is relax for a little while. It’s not unusual for me to catch a couple hours TV before hitting the sack if I’m not elsewhere for the evening. I’m not a TV addict at all, but I do enjoy some well done shows a few nights a week. Not too much to ask, right?
And then came the writers’ strike. OK, for awhile some of the shows still had some episodes in the can to play out, and then it just flat out came to Repeats. I’d check online to see if anything good might be on on a given night … more Repeats. Hey, this was getting boring.
Next thing I know, I was picking up that novel I was usually reading at 10:30 or 11 pm at 8 pm. I was doing the artwork I thought I was too tired to do curled up on the couch away from my work desk. I threw in some laundry; cooked something a little more involved. Hey! I remember this! It used to be my life! What’s most amazing is that I really didn’t think I had this energy in the evening until someone took away my quiet, drool time in front of the TV.
I hear that the strike is in the process of being resolved. Figures. Just when I was starting to enjoy it.
Still A Dreamer 
While I totally agree with you on one hand, I have to admit I miss TV. Also because I have a DVR, what the strike did for me was introduce me to new shows I probably wouldn’t have found if I was watching my favorites. I actaully started watching Oprah again. Taping it onto my DVR and then watching it at night.
But Some nights, I did just what you described. I climbed into bed at 8:30, after putting the kids to sleep, and I read. I read every night, no matter what time I climb into bed. I can’ t go to sleep unless I first read.
You’re handling this strike better than me! And to think, I used to never watch TV!
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I go through phases of television, depending on the season; I go through phases of magazines, depending on whether I have some home-decorating to do (which also applies to HGTV) yet I try very hard not to go through phases of books, art and writing. Trouble is time. Always time. I have noticed however, when my small fry are tucked up in bed, and Gary is still at work, that that’s my productive time. During my four or five hours in the evening, I pump up the iTunes and off I go into my other world: designing, illustrating,blogging. Each night is something different, usually. But I do love TV and miss House, or Bones, I think they were both effected by the strike — however even when the TV is on, I’m in my office and it’s really background noise.
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