Moving Can Be the Pits. At Least There's Television to See Me Through!

My one-year anniversary celebrating my giant move overseas was on October 31. Since then, I've been thinking a lot about moving in general, how many times I've moved over the years, the number of houses I've lived in (or structures), how much money I've spent on gasoline travelling back and forth with all of the trips. Seriously, it seems endless. It feels like an endless string of insecurity, instability and anxiety. So, what are the common denominators? What are the few things that keep me sane during all of these tumultuous events? Well, the answer isn't going to be life altering for those of you who are looking for the answer to your existence. It's not some sort of existential, life-altering epiphany. It's really rather simple - as well as the subject of much debate.

Television. That glorious and fascinating product of technology!!

Television has been one of the best constants in my life. It keeps me grounded so to speak. After 25 moves, 25 homes and countless amounts of money spent on moving expenses the one thing in my life that has helped me cope with the stress of moving is television. Now I have no intention of initiating a debate on the negative affects of television - mostly because I believe everything is good in moderation. However, I AM saying that television has been important to me over the years. I'm not afraid to say. Hey, I'm actually proud to say it. I love TV!

However, if you're ever moving to one of the more remote places in the country, such as the North East portions of the US like up state New York or Vermont, then you know how even conventional TV antennas don't help much with reception. Thank God for the invention of satellite television!!! There are so many digital television services out there but, for me, the one that offered the best support (and hooked my service up the fastest) was Direct TV. I remember when I moved back to the Northeast Kingdom to the farm house I grew up in. I was soooo happy to find a Directv service that would actually come out that far! Direct TV in New York state was amazing. I think it took a total of 24 hours from the time I phoned in my order and the time they serviced that house! I was soooo relieved when I realized I could tune into my favorite shows, wake up to the morning news with a hot cup of coffee, catch the summer Olympics!

Now that I'm in the UK, I miss that kind of service. Television is not free here with just a conventional antenna. Everyone pays something like £12.50/month for service. The general consensus is to just stick with that. I, however would like to find another satellite service. There are satellite services out there. Guess I'll just have to check into them. Maybe I'll be able to get the Evening News with Katie Couric at 11 PM!