when you realize your only hobby is tv

Last night, The Frog Prince (boyfriend's name is now equal to whatever I feel like) and I went out to dinner and conversation turned to Our Awesome, Amazing Life in Arizona That Starts In Six Weeks.  Specifically, we talked about how sometimes Froggy will have some work to do in the evenings, so I'll have to entertain myself while he holes up in his office with his pictures of bones.  Now this is totally fine, since I'm an independent woman and I don't need my man to entertain me.  What's not so fine is that this conversation slowly made me realize that my only hobby right now is drooling in front of the television.

This is a little exaggerated, but at the same time, not really. If on an average day I finish work at 5pm and go to bed at 11pm, then during an average week I have 30 hours of free time to do as I please.  A breakdown of those 30 hours as follows:

• 1 hour- Yoga class.  On a good week, I go to one yoga class.  I am already cheating on this list and using fuzzy data.
• 2 hours- Soccer.  I have two 1-hour soccer games every week.
• 3 hours- Happy hour/dinner plans with friends.
• 4 hours- Kissing The Frog Prince.  This might not sound like a lot, but we spend a lot of weekend time together.
• 5 hours- Exercise (Running/hand weights/whatever).  One hour a day is a little inflated, but I'll include picking out cute workout clothes in those 60 minutes.
• 15 hours- TV, or some activity (eating, laundry, Fruit Ninja) in front of the TV.  But mostly just the TV part.

YIPES!  Bottom line is, I need a new hobby.  We spent the rest of dinner brainstorming new hobbies for me, but didn't make much headway besides reading, and this blog, which I have been neglecting again.  And there's only so much exercise you can do in a day before you die of overexertion, so I need something to add to the little runing/soccer/yoga hobbies I currently entertain.  I can be pretty crafty, and one time I made an awesome scrapbook, but it's just not something I picture myself doing all the time as a hobby.  Painting, taxidermy, and stamp collecting don't seem up my alley either.  I even tried googling some good hobbies, but none really stood out to me. 

I'll be pretty busy the next couple of weeks leading up to the move, but I'll also be looking for a new hobby.  Throw suggestions my way!  For now, my hobby will be avoiding the TV, but I'd like something a little more fun than that.  On the plus side, I know the Frog Prince is supportive -- when we discussed the possibility of my taking up pottery and selling it on the internet, he said if no one would buy it, he would buy it anonymously so I wouldn't be sad.  Love is awesome.

Until next time (hopefully soon),