Seriously – Where in the hell is my TiVo remote?
Last night was ugly at our house. First of all – I was a little stressed because I forgot to visit my beloved Fresh Market for some veggies for dinner. Therefore, I opted to stop by Little Caesar’s on the way home. Which, you know, AWESOME! Pizza! But also, since I’ve been steadily gaining weight for the last few weeks, Pizza was probably not the best option for that goal. And even though I love going against my diet because, you know, PIZZA! – I still get depressed because I feel guilty for going against the diet. (Why do we do this to ourselves?)
So – I was stressed for not remembering an errand, depressed for going against my diet, and a little frustrated because there’s been this weird occurrence in my house. I leave the house in the morning convinced I’m caught up on my laundry. I come home from work and EVERY LAUNDRY BASKET IS FULL! What the hell is up with that? Suddenly every towel in the house is dirty. Suddenly the people in my home are wearing 2-3 outfits a day. Suddenly people get clumsy and clothes get spilled on. ALL AT ONCE. It’s very weird. I guarantee you if I was NOT caught up on laundry, these things would not happen. But since I had a little bit of peace thinking I didn’t need to do laundry, then the universe shifted and portals were opened and BAM! Laundry baskets full. WEIRD.
Now that can fully understand my state of mind last night – you may be able to avoid judging me for what I’m about to tell you.
We had a big night of TV (What? You’re laughing now, aren’t you?) so we had to do the Dance of the DVRs. We decide what needs to recorded where between our two TiVos and our one dual-tuner DVR. (Stop laughing!) As I was working my way through the house, I realized: I don’t have a TiVo remote for the living room. Weird. I tried to bring the bedroom remote in to work, and it didn’t, so I just assumed it wouldn’t. What followed was probably a solid hour of all of us frantically searching the house for the remote. Because I’m the spacey one who puts things like keys in the freezer patriotically – I was fairly certain I had lost it. Since MrZ was stressing over not finding it, I felt guilt for losing it, and that made me search more frantically. We all were. At one point, MrZ lifted the seat of NikkiZ’s toy car saying, “AAhhhh maybe it’s in here…” LilZ said, “I already looked there.” I echoed, “Me too.”
We did nothing but search for that damn thing. Of course, I frustratingly exclaimed that we weren’t going to be able to watch, The O.C. with MrZ’s sister later since it was on that TiVo and The O.C. has finally gone back to being awesome three episodes before it ends for good. MrZ was all, “Just use the bedroom remote.” BAH! Evidently the remote isn’t programmed to the living room TV, so it won’t work the TV, but it will still work the TiVo. And I’m officially acting like a newbie TiVo user instead of a schooled professional. All of that searching for nothing! I am officially (1) Waaaay too addicted to my TiVo and (2) freaking insane.
Of course, we still have no idea where the remote is. And I still don’t have any fresh veggies. And I still went against my diet. Again. Again. It’s like a snowball affect, so I’m officially renouncing myself of blame for losing the remote and officially taking a stance and blaming the Pizza. Actually – I’m blaming Little Caesar’s for making Pizza so good and so convenient. I think I may go by there on the way home and insist the manager come to my home and FIND MY DAMN REMOTE ALREADY.
That doesn’t sound KRAZEE, does it?
All that searching must have burned a lot of the pizza calories, no?
Doesn’t sound crazy to me.
I HATE when I can’t find things.
BTW, what do you put on your steamed veggies? I love butter, but salad dressing is great too. If you’re pulling the bottle from the fridge, let the dressing get to room temperature before using it. Kraft. is producing a yummy organic selection now.
We too have two tivos, one with the dual capacity. And we fight over what to tivo where. Good times.
Hey, you know the 30 second skip feature right?
All I know is that you got a *lot* more exercise last night looking for that remote, than I did sitting on the the couch. That ought to cover a few pizza calories!
It’s worth it so you can Tivo the OC. Totally. I am actually quite sad now that it’s ending. I got a bit attached to those guys. We have the dance of the DVR’s on Wednesday and Thursday nights too. Why is all the good television on only two nights a week?
Doesn’t sound at all crazy to me considering that last night my diet made me snap when my husband brought home enchiladas for himself while I ate grilled tilapia and steamed veggies.
I threw the TiVo remote at him (jokeingly) and it kind of smashed into little peices when he ducked and it hit the wall. He should have known not to bring home enchiladas when I have PMS.
While it does drive me crazy if I lose something, especially the remote, my husband FREAKS OUT! I have literally had to leave the house because he turned into freak out freddie and it was making me so mad it was either leave or punch him in the face. I am not a violent person. My husband will literally have furniture turned over looking for the remote. He will throw things around etc.
God, we are pathetic.
You have TWO Tivos? And a DVR? And here my husband makes fun of ME for dvr-ing shows even when I’m home to watch them. And you have THREE! I’m so telling him about you to make me look better!
I just put up a post yesterday about the fact that I would make out with my DVR if I could. I understand the sickness, totally. I almost feel like a superhero, except my power is DVR.
Speaking of which, I have six episodes of Dallas waiting for me, what am I doing here?
I am dizzy. I feel faint. You have two tivos and a DVR? Good god, I really am going to pass out with jealousy. We don’t even have cable, never mind a DVR. We still use a, cough, VCR. It’s like 1978 here. I believe I have the vapors!
Would it do any good to point out that Mr. Z and Lil Z are perfectly capable of doing laundry and could pitch in there? No; I didn’t think so. And if you don’t know the 30 second skip trick referenced in comment 2 you absolutely have to learn it; it’s my favorite thing about the Tivo. (I haven’t figured out how to do it on the DVR we have on the primary TV.)