Wish Me Luck
Well, I've finally done it. I've set the date and begun the process.
I'm quitting smoking.
A little over 24 hours ago, I put on my first patch. Yesterday was okay. I only got a little jumpy in the afternoon when I normally would get away from my desk and go outside for a smoke break. I still went downstairs and stood out in the smoking area and talked with a couple of friends/co-workers there - smoking by "proxy" I suppose. When they were done and went back upstairs, I was still feeling a bit jumpy so I walked around the block a couple of times. I was a little better after that but it was still tough to get through the rest of the day.
I was a little more surprised this morning. When I got up to take the IRS to work, I didn't have that "morning craving". Normally, I smoke my first cigarette right when I get up - usually during my morning bathroom (is that TMI?). But I didn't have that. And I feel pretty good right now. I guess tomorrow (and the next few days) will really show how well I'm doing.
So wish me luck.
Of course, this means I'll have to change my default icon now, won't I?
To keep me in a good mood (and hopefully the rest of you will enjoy it, too), here's something that came across one of my Yahoo groups.
Harry Potter Fanfic We'd Rather Not Read
Wow! That was a long list.
Well, I've got a plumber group coming over to flush and inspect the water heater that was installed last year in a while so I've got to go and move some stuff around in the basement. Hopefully I'll be back online in a while and can actually read some of your journals (and maybe even comment in them - gasp!).
I'm quitting smoking.
A little over 24 hours ago, I put on my first patch. Yesterday was okay. I only got a little jumpy in the afternoon when I normally would get away from my desk and go outside for a smoke break. I still went downstairs and stood out in the smoking area and talked with a couple of friends/co-workers there - smoking by "proxy" I suppose. When they were done and went back upstairs, I was still feeling a bit jumpy so I walked around the block a couple of times. I was a little better after that but it was still tough to get through the rest of the day.
I was a little more surprised this morning. When I got up to take the IRS to work, I didn't have that "morning craving". Normally, I smoke my first cigarette right when I get up - usually during my morning bathroom (is that TMI?). But I didn't have that. And I feel pretty good right now. I guess tomorrow (and the next few days) will really show how well I'm doing.
So wish me luck.
Of course, this means I'll have to change my default icon now, won't I?
To keep me in a good mood (and hopefully the rest of you will enjoy it, too), here's something that came across one of my Yahoo groups.
Harry Potter Fanfic We'd Rather Not Read
- Harry Potter and the Uneventful Year When No One Tried to Kill Him
- Harry Potter and the New Love Interest Who Happens to Have the Same Name as the 15-Year-Old Boy Writing this Fanfic
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Sucrets
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Kidney Stone
- Harry Potter and the Uncomfortable Oversexualization of Minors
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer are Stoned
- Harry Potter and the Burning Sensation
- Harry Potter and the Camping Weekend With Ron That Will Never Be Spoken Of Again (I think this one should come before the previous one)
- Harry Potter and the Summer Internship
- Harry Potter and the E Street Band
- Harry Potter and the Things You Have to do to Get By in Prison
- Harry Potter and the It Was All Only A Dream
- Harry Potter and the Chamber Pot of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner Detainees of Azerbaijan
- Harry Potter and the Wand of Franchise Extension
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood, the Quadroon, and the Octaroon
- Harold and His Big Purple Crayon of Adolescent Yearning
- Hal Pot and the Intellectuals of Cambodia
- Harry Putter's Magic Golf Game in 21 Weeks
- Hairy Potter and the Bears of San Francisco
- Harry Potter and the Shameless Tom Clancy Crossover
- Harry Potter and the 2000 Election
- Harry Potter and the HufflePuff Orgy
- Harry Potter and the Weapons of Magic Destruction
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Pizza
- Hermione Granger and the Cryptofascist Misogynist Conspiracy of Hogwarts
- Harry Potter and the Bizarro Harry Potter
- Harry Potter and the Lil Bratz
- Harry Potter and the Street Fighter II Tournament
- Harry Potter and the King of Pop
- Harry Potter and the Birth of Christ
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stones in His Mouth
- Harry Potter and the Jews and Crusaders
- Harry Potter the Geopolitical Realities of the Post-Nuclear Age
- Harry Potter and Whoever Alan Rickman's Character is are Totally Doing It
- Harry Potter and the Cusp of Manhood
- Harry Potter and the Gauntlet of Mucous
- Harry Potter and Ma$e feat. Lil' Jon and The Ruff Ryders
- Harry Potter and the Insidious Compact Disc Root Kit Installation
- Harry Potter and the Gargoyle of Reacharounds
- Harry Potter and the Sandwich of Crotchmeat
- Harry Potter and the Website of Jokes
- Harry Potter and the Incredibly Long Run-On Sentence That Almost Makes It Look As If The First Three Paragraphs Of The Story Are Actually More Like The First Three Sentences And Then Hermione Says Harry That Dragon Is Attacking You and Ron Is In Danger So Harry Potter Reaches Into His Magic Bag And Removes A Magic Card That He Says Makeus Enlargitus and The Creature On The Card Which Is A Griffin With The Body Of A Zebra But Claws Of A Lion Comes Out Of It And When It (The Dragon) Is Defeated Harry Says It Was Voldemort and Hermione Says How Do You Know And Harry Says I Just Know and Ron Goes Gulp!
- Harry Potter and the Hendersons
Wow! That was a long list.
Well, I've got a plumber group coming over to flush and inspect the water heater that was installed last year in a while so I've got to go and move some stuff around in the basement. Hopefully I'll be back online in a while and can actually read some of your journals (and maybe even comment in them - gasp!).