We did it. I called Insight and cancelled cable TV. I know you must be thinking we’re crazy, but I’ve been really thinking lately about how much of a distraction it can be. I have the TV on all the time and find I get preoccupied; I stop what I’m doing and watch the TV, which sometimes makes me very unproductive. I really want to read more books on the countries we’ll be visiting and learning more computer programs (adobe illustrator especially), and honestly, I just can’t get that done when I get in tube mode. Brian agreed. He’s in graduate school now and there’s no time for distractions there.
Sure, there are some shows that I’ll miss dearly like Monk, Psych, Law N Order at any time of the day, and TLC in general, BUT I’ll still have HOUSE on Fox 
Also, we got a coupon for a free month of Blockbuster’s version of Netflix, so that will keep us occupied for a month, and then we might actually do Netflix (the $10/month version). That package allows one DVD at a time, but unlimited rentals for the month, including some of my favorite TV shows (hence the decision to finally cut cable out of our lives).
That concludes the bye bye cable part of the article, but you might be wondering what the other excitement is…
We’re going on our trip way sooner than we were planning!
It turns out that Brian is not getting his oral work done just yet. This plan was going to involve a little bit of mouth surgery, something the dentists explained to be minor and compared it to getting wisdom teeth pulled. Oh, what a joke! This surgery would end up widening his sinuses, chiseling into bones, a hospital stay, and more, giving us a grand total of $22,000-$30,000 for the surgery part alone! This is on top of having braces for 2 years +, and it turns out that getting the braces without the surgery will actually create more problems.
After much consideration, Brian has decided to stick with the splint he currently has for his jaw (I have one, too. Isn’t it cute; two love-birds with TMJ) and look into the oral work when we have an insurance plan that might help out with something along the way.
So with this news, Brian has pressed that we should leave immediately after he’s finished with his Master’s degree (Dec. 2007). I guess we’re leaving in January 2008! HOW EXCITING! I had finally gotten used to the idea that it could be a very long time until the trip, but alas, this changes everything.
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