Wednesday, March 12, 2008

A Month, A Milestone.

So, if I haven't bragged enough about it yet, I am now officially smoke-free for over 1 month. Although I officially quit on February 10 and today is March 12, I figure with the leap day plus one, I can safely call this the one month marker. We'll call it 30 days for purposes of an updated calculation.
  • 300 cigarettes unsmoked. That's 25 packs of cigarettes!
  • 120 dollars saved. That's 60 nights with RS's mother!
  • And, if myth has merit, I have regained somewhere between 45 to 54 hours of my life back. That's 2 days in a nursing home!
  • My lung function is supposed to start improving at this point too. That's an extra 10 decibels on my next "that's what she said!"
  • Giggity.
I also stopped chewing the gum. I carry it around with me just in case I get overcome with an urge, and I can pop a piece in my mouth. I haven't really been paying attention, but I've probably had less than 5 pieces in the last 14 days...including the last 7 days or so when I haven't used it at all.

On top of that, I am definitely mired in the...
  • heaviest drinking...
  • most stressed...
  • emotionally trainwrecked...
  • and hedonistic....
...periods of my life. And I haven't smoked a cigarette. That's pretty damn cool.

6 comments:

Rousseausgarden said...

So.... You've gone from being a smoker to being a drunk.

Congratulations.

ADM said...

Yep. One battle at a time.

Anonymous said...

I increase your blog's readership by one person (Chen) and you stoop to the level of making a joke about my mother. Nice.

RS

Anonymous said...

In re picking a football team, I think you should take a look at my Oakland Raiders. They are going to be dynamite this coming year

RS

Anonymous said...

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/03/deconstructing_obamas_lawyerly.html

Anonymous said...

post something!

xkcd.

hope all're well.

j