I don't know if I've been overloading myself but I felt relaxed today in a way that I haven't felt in a very long time. And it all happened because I was watching pointless television while dozing on the couch this morning.
When I was a kid I used to spend days watching the History Channel (back when it actually had shows about history) or Turner Classic Movies. I would grab my pencil, ruler, and latest drawing project and sprawl out across the living room floor. Once properly positioned, I would spend hours drifting between the fantasy world in the movies on the screen and the fantasy world on the page in front of me.
This morning my cold this still giving me trouble so I thought I should get extra rest. I turned on History Channel International (which, for some reason, still runs actual historical documentaries--like the Samurai program I watched this morning) and promptly took a nap. Even though I only had an hour and even though I had to quickly get up and scurry on to campus to tutor and teach, it was completely and utterly peaceful.
It was a tiny thing but it helped me reconnect, even if only for a brief second, with the person I used to be, absorbing the stories on the screen, unconcerned with grading and lesson plans and laundry and unwritten conference presentations and bills and summer jobs.
I hope to spend some more time like that very soon.
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