I’ve Got Nothing Except a Little TV

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One more thing for the to-do list

The last re-post for a bit, but from the files of last New Year’s…yeah, nothing has changed…EXCEPT THE ADDITION OF THE OLYMPICS.  34 days, but who’s counting??

Ah…the enticing freshness of a new year and all the wonderful hope and promise it holds.   Sounds truly blissful.  The only glitch?  I’m not quite ready for it.  While I’d love to dive whole-heartedly into some really cool resolutions, I’m still a little too buried under holiday recovery to even take a stab at betterment.  My hopes right now are less “lose 30 lbs.!” or “change the world!” and more of the “try to snag 30 seconds for a quick pee” variety.  Being that it’s January 4, I guess it’s too late to push for a universal postponing of the new year by a week or two?

I am not opposed to New Year’s resolutions or setting new, healthy goals.  I just would like to be a little further along in my annual fight to de-pine needle our living room carpet before I move onto the next thing.  And am I the only one who is still wrecked from trying to stay up past 9pm on New Year’s Eve?  They’ve gotta start running a PSA with that ball drop (“forgone regular bedtimes may lead to excessive slugginess for days”).  Not to mention the angelic behavior children have for several days post sleep-deprivation…

Yeah, these early days of January just aren’t my favorite…

If I was more pulled together, I should probably formulate some much-needed personal and blogging goals, but since I’m too wiped, lazy, or just plain too busy forcing my toddler to use the potty, I’m going to pass and share the only coherent hopes I have regarding the coming year right now.  They are minimal and happen to be entirely centered around TV.  I’m sure this serves to up my classiness factor tremendously.

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It’s gonna be a good year

In the vein of resolutions centered on cutting back: I’m pulling for less Mickey Mouse and more of the other animated creatures that entertain children.  There has to be life beyond The Hot Dog Dance, right?  I’m remaining optimistic here.

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Bring me my Brits

In aspiring towards making more of the good things in our lives: More Downton Abbey will be required.  I am over the moon that Sunday night brings my favorite 1920s Brits back into my home.  But only 7 episodes?  Seriously?!  Do you think it would help if I personally wrote to Hugh Bonneville and Michelle Dockery and asked them to entirely abandon the rest of their lives and commit to a continuous taping of this beloved treasure?

And side note: is it wrong that one of the major things I’m looking forward to in 2013 3014is a new season of Mad Men?

That’s it for now, my friends.  This Mom of the Year will be working hard to get her crap together and share some more inspiring thoughts, but in my post-holiday slump, I’m just grasping at straws and fantasizing about escaping with some good TV.  Hoping you are kicking off your new year with more polish and vigor than I–it wouldn’t be hard.

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Meredith

Meredith blogs at The Mom of the Year, where she dedicatedly earns her title one epic parenting fail at a time, offering quick, relatable laughs for fellow parents and all their empathizers. She has been part of several best-selling anthologies, featured on prominent sites such as Huffington Post, In the Powder Room and BlogHer, and loves her role as the Executive VP/Operations Manager of The BlogU Conference. When she's not breaking up fights over Legos and juice boxes, she remains fully committed to sharing a less serious look at the world of parenting.

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