Couch Potato

I find watching TV a waste of time, but yet find myself wrapped up into watching hours and hours when I'm sitting here not wanting to work on schoolwork. I've watched more TV in the past three weeks than I have in possibly two years! Of course I have my regular shows, mostly reality/game shows, but depending on the week we're talking 1-4 hours and usually less! Lately, however, my normal TV time is consumed before lunch each day! What am I watching you ask? Nothing of importance: reruns of Friends, various shows on HGTV or Game Show Network (what can I say I love watching people win). 

I know I own a lot of movies and love to watch them, but there is something about watching a video on DVD verses TV. At the end of the movie that's the end - there isn't another movie or show "coming up next." I get wrapped up in the next show and before I realize it I've been wrapped up into four shows and it's been two hours gone to the ever growing couch potato! 

I'd like to say I'm just going to stop watching TV, but I'm not going to fool myself. I realize I'm spending an unusual amount of time laying here resting with nothing to do beside schoolwork and watching countless hours of TV. However, I am thinking of ways to limit my excessive TV watching by setting the sleep timer and then putting the remote next to my schoolbooks instead of right next to me. I'm hoping by doing this I will watch TV less and do schoolwork more. If you see me in the next few weeks (or possibly months) will you ask me how this new limited TV is working? 

Thanks!