I try to stay informed.
Everyday I read the important bits from a variety of online newspapers. I listen to the radio news casts, and I also watch a variety of news stations and every night, it was our habit, my husband and I, to watch the National together before bed.
Not so much these days.
I have had to cut back on the television news in recent weeks. The disaster porn was just getting to be too much. Some stations are worse than others to be sure, but they all gleefully wallow in the misery. The misery that hasn’t really changed much since their last “BREAKING NEWS” update on the topic…an update on the update they pronounced ten short minutes ago.
So I gave it up for a bit.
My husband has kept to his news watching habits though, especially the National at 10:00 pm. While he is glued to the set I am puttering around getting things ready for the next day, or working on the computer.
I think he might be missing me a little because he seems somehow compelled to fill me in a variety of details while I am most doggedly doing something, anything, else. I could be cleaning out the fridge and hear him call out some random headline from the living room:
“They said the radiation not be as bad as they thought it was. Looks like a mistake”
“Some house exploded in Woodbridge!”
“Looks like the radiation is worse than they thought it was. It is in the groundwater”
And last night:
“Apparently there seems to be a trend in Nursing Homes now where seniors are beating each other up”
To which I replied. “Now there is something to look forward to”
I guess I should head back to the gym.
Tonight when the National comes on, I am going to bed.
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