Down with the kids

I always thought I'd be a cool parent, still up to date with current music, films and TV. Yet I find myself still listening to Bon Jovi from the 90s and watching 'The Gilmore Girls' on repeat. I'm not even up to date with the news from around the world. 

I think it's a lack of time thing. I'm not really in the car long enough to listen to the radio, and can't concentrate on the kids if I have it on in the house. I can't watch the 'News' with the kids around because they would see things I don't want to explain to them yet. Then in the evening once I've managed to get the kids to bed, made dinner, written a blog post or two and checked Facebook I just want to veg out and watch something easy. I really must make more of an effort. I do want to be a cool Mum. I'll be logging onto StubHub before you know it and buying Justin Bieber tickets.

I'm hoping when the kids are a bit older, I'll have more time to rediscover music and films, so at least by the time they are teenagers I might be up to date again. I'm going to have a LOT of catching up to do.

I'm sure if I still commuted to work things would be different. When I commuted to London I would listen to music on the way in on the train, read a paper on the tube and then read a book on the way home. I can't even remember the last time I read a magazine, let alone an actual book. Of course if I spent less time on Facebook and Twitter I could probably read a lot of books! Perhaps I need to change my priorities.

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