Yes, sad to say, smoking cessation died today, after 10 days. Those are two packs of smokes sitting on our dining room placemat. (Cute placemat, no?) I am too much of a nag for Kevin to be able to handle not smoking, now in the midst of us trying to figure out our financial situation. Oh well. Please hum funeral dirge with me now...
~t
ps: This is not a commercial for cigarettes. I suppose it might be a commercial against nagging. Nahhh.
Well, we made it through today, but just by the skin of our teeth. And thank goodness for the French coffee press I got at Thriftway. That helped. Kevin kept mentioning I should also buy some cigarettes. But if we've gone through the last week of freakedoutedness and constant videogaming for nothing, I might have to hang myself up by my toes until I can't feel anything anymore in order to continue my life. So, no, I did not buy cigarettes today. I did say, "Hey, why don't you put the patch back on." That seemed to help.
~t
Smoking cessation has been going surprisingly well. Kevin has even foregone his nicotine patch since he went to bed last night. We're talking like 16 hours here. Now, the weird thing is: he has been nicer this week than usual. Maybe HE is the alien around here? I don't know. He planned to use push-ups, poetry writing, and yoga as part of his quit smoking plan. That didn't really happen. Video games seem to be working for him. You go, Kevin!
~t
How's it going, you ask? Well, it's going.
He's not smoking. He's freaked out. He can't think or use his hands properly. They feel big. I don't get it. The nicotine patch seems to be helping. And going out to the porch to "not smoke". Heck, going out to the porch to "not smoke" helped me tonight. I should do that more often. I never get to just leave a situation. But I did. It was nice. It's been a little stressful here the past couple hours. Aaaaaaahhhh. Just the usual family/kid/new nonsmoker stuff. We'll be allright. But if you want to keep praying, I won't tell you no.
I plan to purchase my own domain tomorrow. Woooo. I'm having a little trouble picking a chart for the time, but I think I have one. More details to come...
~t
As Kevin would say, "Woo to the hoo!"
Mercury is finally direct. Sheesh, this one took a lot out of me. I am, however, always thankful that I know about Mercury retrograde or I think I would be even more frustrated. At least, with astrology, you can have a sense of when some challenging time and more of the same challenging time is likely to end.
We are still in the Mercury shadow period until December 4th. FromRob Tillett on Astrology.com: "Some astrologers consider that the "Mercury Shadow" begins some three weeks before the actual retro station (when Mercury passes the point of direct station for the first time), but I am more inclined to think that the really noticeable peculiarities begin when Mercury slows significantly, a few days before the retro station. This period of "Mercury Shadow" extends to the Return date, some three weeks after the direct station. Bear this in mind, because experience shows that the effects of the retro period are still marked during the "shadow" phase. Some of the most characteristic annoyances often occur just after Mercury makes the direct station, while he is crawling forward before picking up speed."
I will keep that in mind as I am getting moving on starting my own domain and perhaps even switching to the new version of blogger. Life is good! I think I might wait until the sun moves into Sagitarrius in a few days. Not sure, though. Have to look into it more. There's still a whole lotta Scorpio going on. As of right now--5 planets. Yikes. Intense.
Speaking of intense, Kevin is officially done smoking as of today. Please send him your thoughts and prayers, as this will not be easy for him. He has been smoking for over 20 years! I wonder if there is a saint to pray for regarding this. Hmmm. I've been all about petitioning the saints lately. I think I wrote about it here. I'll let you know how it's going.
Here is a sweet picture of him to focus on while you send off your prayers. (Still having some Mercury Rx issues here myself, trying to finish this post for the 10th time and upload the image. I think I will have to go through Dropshots.)
