Well, once again, for anyone who actually might be keeping up with things, I have been neglecting this this Blog severely, BUT again I've had good reasons. As I said in my last post, the IT ninjas at work cut off my access, and well it's just hard for me to plop my butt down in front of the computer at home. 40 hours a week is A LOT! There's also been a lot going on on the homefront to keep me from blogging. At the forefront of these things was the BIRTH OF MY SON!! That's right.....
Well I've neglected this thing for a while now, I know. I guess it's been over a week since I posted and no I haven't been locked in my bedroom mourning the loss of Chris Reeve. No, the IT Ninjas at work have seen fit to block my access to JoeUser. I guess, my posting during breaks has some way distracted me from my job. Oh well, at least I got my Yahoo games back! Although I fear that they will be gone again soon too. And anyway as I've said in the past, I just don't get on my compute...
As far as enterntainment goes, Sunday was both a high and a low for me. On the positive side of things, the St. Louis Cardinals won their Division Series against LA in the fourth game, and are now going on to the NLCS against Houston which will begin Wednsday. But then on the negative side of things, I along with the rest of the world, had to say goodbye to a true Man of Steel. Now I've already told everyone how much I LOVE The Cards, but until now I have not mentioned my second pop cultur...
I know I haven't mentioned it before on this Blog, but that's mainly because there was really never any reason to, but now it must be said. I am a HUGE Baseball fan!! More importantly I am a HUGE St. Louis Cardinals fan! I have been for as long as I can remember. In fact some of my earliest memories involve making the 3 - 4 hour ride, with my family, from our hometown in West Tennessee to St. Louis, MO to see the birds play ball at Busch Stadium. My parents are huge cardinals fans as wel...
Val emailed me this article earlier today and I'm just curious if anyone else has heard of this before. Basically the article says that "Five miles beneath Yellowstone, lies an immense pool of red hot magma. Fed from the Earth's mantle, it has been growing. This reservoir of magma and gas is now 31 miles long, 19 miles wide, and six miles deep. The building pressures must be enormous." And then goes on to talk about how a massive eruption would be catastrophic to North America. Ya know,...
Well I've made it one week! That's right, one whole week without a cigarette. It's kind of remarkable, and again I would like to give full credit where it is due, to the patches. Sure I've been doing other things. For instance, I have this little card in my wallet that's stuck in there in front of my drivers license that has all these reasons that I want to quit smoking written on it. That was Val's idea, because even though I'm 23 years old, I still look a lot younger and always get card...
Well I've kind of neglected this blog the past couple of days, so let me bring everyone up to speed. I still haven't had a cigarette, thanks to my daily diet of suckers, peppermints, and of course...NICOTINE PATCH!! I'm on day 6 now, almost a week....UNBELIEVABLE!! Anyway, I've been off work the past couple of days, and that's mainly why I haven't posted much. I'm on a computer for 40 hours a week at work, so I don't get on mine at home anymore. I did however plan to post though, it wa...
Well I have to be honest, I never intended to EVER do more than one post on here per day, but this one is off topic anyway, so I'm letting myself slide. Basically, I just came through 5 O'clock Rush Hour for the third day in a row without cigarettes and it's high time that I got to vent a little. Seeing as how after Monday, everyone I know decided that they wouldn't answer the phone if I called around that time of day ever again. I mean, it was bad enough when I did smoke. But the great ...
Well I'm on day three! I guess for some people, that's not a big deal, but for me, it's quite the achievement. I've doubled my previous record, and even begun to leave that in the dust. I'm not much on pulling my own chain (not entirely true, I mean, I have a BLOG don't I?) but I just want to say that I'm DAMN PROUD OF ME!! But anyway, just to change the tempo a little bit, since there's only so much to be said about the ammount of time that has passed since I last lit a cigarette, ...
Well I did it, I broke my previous record, and am actually on my way toward 36 hours without a cigarette, but it would appear that one of the powers that be in the universe is trying to test my will. It seems that last night, I fell asleep with my glasses on. Nothing unusual really. However, this morning at 7 in the AM, I woke up, gripped with the horror that they were broken. The right arm of my glasses was completely off the frame. Thankfully, it's something that can be fixed easily. ...
Okay granted, this is no big conquest, but I haven't had a cigarette since about midnight last night. It's 4:00PM right now. Sure, that's no where near long enough to consider myself quit. I haven't even broken my previous record yet. BUT, considering that it has been about 16 hours since I last took a drag off of one of those little wonder sticks, AND that I'm still in a decent mood, is fairly miraculous. And I owe it all to my good buddy, the PATCH!! These things are better than Micro...
This is what I'm referring to as an online account of my attempt to quit smoking. I use the word attempt because unfortunately it's not my first try at all this. And if I've learned anything from previous attempts it's that you never want to say you QUIT, until you actually do. So what makes this time around so special that it should be documented? Well nothing at the moment, aside from the fact that in my mind, I'm more ready to quit now than ever, and I've actually purchased something t...