Beds and Pixels

Months ago, we got rid of a lot of our "extras" when we realized there was no way in hell I was going to be able to work this year. One of the things we cut out of our lives was cable/satellite. I purchased the digital boxes and the rabbit ears that go with and one is in the living room and the other is in the bedroom. Now since we don't have anything more up to date than a Playstation 2, and obviously our tvs are old or we wouldn't need the boxes and rabbit ears, we can't get NetFlix for 8 dollars a month so that we can watch many of our favorite shows when we want to. I tell you this so that I can tell you a story. This story takes place in our bedroom last night. It seems that every time the wind blows, it rains OR someone moves, the signal goes out and all of these pixels come up on the screen. We were watching a re-run of Seinfeld, and John leaned up on his pillows to see the tv better and it froze and started jumping and the sound was cutting in and out. He put his head back down and it was just fine. He sat up again....and once again the picture and sound froze. He said "You've got to be f'ing kidding me...I sit up so I can see the tv better and my head interrupts the signal?" So, he got out of bed, tried adjusting the antennae and laid back down. It was fine...until...I moved my foot over about 2 inches. I immediately moved it back and it was clear again...So, just for fun...I tested it out...moved my foot two inches again...pic became all fuzzy...moved it back...it was fine. By this time, I thought John was going to have a rigor. He said..."Can you please tell me why the picture on our public television stations is always great...and those are completely supported by fundraisers and donations...and these multi-million dollar networks can't keep a signal??" He was so frustrated. In the big picture of life, none of this is really important. But, when John has worked his ass off to make things better for me, so that I can feel better and the ONE thing that he really enjoys and that relaxes him (watching good tv) has been diminished from 300 plus channels to 7 or 8 that won't even come in very well, I think he deserves something good to happen to him, for him. I don't know what or when, but I'm looking for it...and yet, I'm smiling every time I move my foot in bed. :)