What to do with spare time?

This week has not been too exciting. Emily has continued her busy schedule of studying for her boards. Only 4 days (Thursday) till she takes her boards! It will definitely be nice to have my wife back. Em has been so busy, she only leaves the house to walk the dog and go to church. For the most part she spends days at a time studying without leaving the house. That said, this past week has given me a lot of alone time for me to think about life in general. I have been thinking about how fast time flies. I realize that I need to be more effective with my time. I hate to admit it, but I spend way too much time watching TV. Such a bad habit. I have resolved to make the best of my time. I need to develop talents I've been given instead of wasting time watching TV or playing the XBOX.

This week I spent a lot of time studying after work, but with the remaining time I had available I have decided to work on my photography. During high school, I constantly was involved with photography. However, over the past 8 years, I have really fallen out of touch with this hobby. I don't know what it is about photography, but it is so inspiring for me. The ability to capture the world as I see it...is so rewarding. For example, here are some lone lily pads that I saw while on my walk. I imagine most people would not take the time to photograph a lily pad. There was something charming about these lily pads that made me want to photograph them.

Since Em has been swamped with studying this week, I went on a spree of picture taking. On Memorial Day, I took Zoe to Lake Phalen to walk around. Zoe had a blast picking up every stick, she even hopped in the water once. She was filthy when I got home. The pictures prove this.

Apolgize, this blog is somewhat boring, but in all honesty, this week was somewhat boring. In fact, I decided to take self-portraits today while Em studied. I discovered that taking self-portraits is more difficult than I expected. Nevertheless, it helped pass time today.

I'm curious to hear from everyone else...What do you do to pass the time?