I miss reading newspapers

Pretty much from the time I moved out on my own, I had a subscription to the daily newspaper.  I grew up in a  house that subscribed to two daily newspapers, one in the morning, and one in the evening.  I have always looked forward to reading my newspapers.  Once I became a stay-at-home mom, I developed a very specific routine to my newspapers in terms of how I would read them.  And when I was on vacation, I always came home and read in the order in which they were delivered.  It's what I did.

The price however, had become almost out of control.  The monthly subscription price had more than doubled in the last five years, and as Andrew and I looked at cutting expenses, it seemed an easy one.  I was hoping we could still get a Sunday paper, but even delivery of just that was a ridiculous cost.  We finally settled on just a digital subscription.  I still think the price is obscene for what I am getting, but we still wanted to be able to get local news.  In early June, we became digital only subscribers.  I told Andrew I was pretty sure by the end of the summer we would cancel even that because I wouldn't be reading it.

For the most part, I am right.  More days than not I don't read the newspaper.  I never worry about reading it in order anymore, and I skip much more than I used to because sometimes it is days old when I read it.  Andrew is still very dedicated to reading the front (national news) section each morning, but only that.  I miss holding the newspaper and really reading it, and I miss getting to do my puzzles at the end of day.