Annie Says

Annie said a lot of good things in this clip. I would like to respond to each one of the questions. However, the question I can go on and on about is the third one which asks, "How do I spend my leisure time, and how much of my time is spent on leisure? Does my leisure time match my priorities?"

To answer that question I will start by saying, “I a full time student and a part time parent.” This does not allow me to have much leisure time at all. When I am not in school learning, I am at home studying, doing homework or being a housewife/mother. With things being the way they are my days are full. Therefore, when I do have a moment to spend by myself I am usually resting. I would like to be shopping for clothes but I don’t because I rather lay in my bed. Therefore, I leave the clothes shopping to my children. However, the type of shopping I do induldge in would be food shopping. After all I need a house full of food to occupy me while I lounge.

I feel after getting up early every morning to go to school and work I deserve to lounge around for a day or two. Nevertheless, on the weekends I am guilty of spending way too much time watching television. When I wake up on Saturday and Sunday mornings the fist thing I do is get my remote and turn on my television set to see what’s on. I will spend all day watching Lifetime, LMN, History, Discovery, Oxygen, Hallmark, TNT, and USA channels. I will lay in my bed watch these channels until I have to cook or use the restroom.

Dare not bother me when forensic files, CSI and Americas Most Wanted is on.

When I am not in school, I can spend all day everyday looking at television. It becomes a regular routine with me. Each day at the same time I will watch the same programs. The only time I will watch something different is when a special movie is on. If there is a rerun/marathon of Law and Order, The Closer, Cold Case or Matlock on I will not budge until a commercial come on or the movie goes off.

On a weekly basis, I don't know exactly how much time I spend watching television. What I do know is it's too much. I use television as my relaxation. Sometimes I don't want to crawl up with a good book. I rather give my brain a rest and let the television be my bedtime story, my lullaby.

I can honestly say, I spend too many hours doing what I want to do and not what I should be doing. In retrospect, does my leisure time match with my priorities? No! when I should be studying or reading a book, instead I allow myself to be mesmerized by the ignorance box. My justification for this behavior is, I deserve to do nothing but lounge around, not just on the weekends, but, every chance I get. In actuality, I ought to have my face in the books to be better equipped for the school weeks to come.