Saturday, May 30, 2009

just half my life...

so i have smoked for more than half my life...wow - when you put it on paper like that, it really hits you...there are a gazillion reasons for me to quit...way too many to write out here...so, i have quit smoking...actually, i am in the process of quiting...i am in hour 94 right now...amy has quit as well...she is in hour 27...there are no more cigarettes in the house...all the ash trays have been dumped and cleaned...so to keep myself busy and to fill all the extra time i have on my hands (you really don't realize how much time smoking takes up) this is what i have been up to in the past 4 days...

  • just baked some cookies...
  • cleaned the bathroom...
  • i mean CLEANED the bathroom...
  • washed the 3 sets of blinds in our living room - slat by slat...
  • read a 300 page book in 58 hours...those 58 hours include 24 hours at work...
  • went to the dog park...
  • cleaned and rearranged our bedroom...
  • cleaned the kitchen every chance i got...
  • took a nap today...

not smoking is why i am not at poker night tonight...i am feeling pretty good about my situation right now and where i am in this process...i don't want to do anything to sabotage myself...which is why i am home alone drinking beer...no cigarettes in the house...live too far away to go get any...

well it's not the only reason i'm not at poker night...i don't play poker...so i know that megan would see me coming from a mile away and take all my money...

kick her ass baby - we gotta pay that mortgage!!!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations to both of you and all the ebst of luck! I know you two can do it! :)

As for poker, Sorry hun, but your lady went out before me. Don't think I didn't get a psychological thrashing from the boys at the table. (threatened)

Megan

Ms. Thomas said...

Good luck Jess! Stay strong because Amy will crack at the first sign of weakness.

Can we make Ski Trip X a non-smoking event??? And then Ski Trip XI can be a non trans fat event!!

I feel healthier already. Seriously, kick its ass and if you need some more dishes to do, stop by.

Lisa said...

You can do it!!!!! If David did it, anyone can. And he still drinks beer regularly. I thought that would be his downfall.

And yeah David can't play poker anymore if he keeps losing. We have a mortgage and 2 in diapers. Yikes!

Ames said...

Amber, did you seriously just say that I'd crack at the first sign of weakness??? That cuts me deep... damn deep...

Jen said...

Way to go both of you!! I'm so happy for and proud of you guys!