Feb 13 2008

Reports of my civility have been greatly exaggerated

Published by Mugwug at 19:16:36 under General

No, honestly, it’s not true. I haven’t turned nice, and am not presently rushing around spreading good will and happiness in my wake (at least not on purpose) and I’ve not surrendered to nicotine withdrawl and assaulted the manufacturing facilities of Imperial Tobacco.

I have been rather tired, as nicotine is a stimulant that should not be so shocking to me, but I’ve been dragging my posterior over these last few weeks. I’ve also been obsessing over my almost restored FICO score and our money situation in general (which while far from dire, is less “optimal” than I would like - but mainly because I am now counting Tobacco as a “luxury” and not a “necessity”).

I still launch the odd tirade, but mainly to co-workers and occasionally the unlucky citizen who inevitably seems unsure if they should laugh or file a complaint (they do actually have the option of doing both, surprised it never occurs to them really).

In summary, things are starting to level out. I’m just shy of four weeks of non-smoking, and truthfully I think it’s kicked.

Keep checking, I’m hoping to get back in the sarcastic/zombie/firearm saddle soon.

-GRIN-

[And thanks for the words of support guys, it’s appreciated]

10 Responses to “Reports of my civility have been greatly exaggerated”

  1. # Michaelon 13 Feb 2008 at 19:43:40

    Good for you and best of luck with that. I know that quiting smoking is by far one of the hardest things to be done. After all I tried 7 times and still have not kicked it. I need to, and for most likely the same reason as you, seeing it is expensive and is killing me slowly.

  2. # USCitizenon 13 Feb 2008 at 21:37:35

    Congrats on the four weeks (almost). Mebbe’ I should do the same.

  3. # Carbonmanon 13 Feb 2008 at 23:15:39

    Almost a month! Way to go, Erik! The weather will start to improve soon and the days are getting longer. All these factors will soon make your former addiction a bad, fading memory.
    What does Jilly have to say about Daddy not smoking anymore?

  4. # kdon 14 Feb 2008 at 08:00:17

    Way to go! Probably much healthier to obsess about credit rating than to smoke…

  5. # Mikeon 14 Feb 2008 at 09:33:35

    What a nice blog entry…

  6. # Mattion 14 Feb 2008 at 09:38:25

    Hey …. It’s not healthy to obsess about anything! But major congrats on managing to stay ‘pure’ for this long … have my fingers crossed that the cravings will soon be a thing of the past. And, on that note, I think I’ll slip down to the workshop now … LOL!! ;-)

  7. # Kyleon 14 Feb 2008 at 15:40:38

    Good luck on the non-smoking!

    A buddy of mine isn’t doing as well:
    http://www.tomatojuiceandvodka.com/2008/02/operation-pink-lung-attempt-2.html

  8. # Gregon 15 Feb 2008 at 00:51:07

    Grumble…grumble…putting away my pitch fork…extingushing the torches…I promised myself to visit Toronto with a lit torch before I turned 40 and at this rate, THAT’s not going to happen!

  9. # redon 15 Feb 2008 at 13:43:31

    Great work, keep it up! You’ve made it past the worst part, now it’s just breaking habit!

  10. # Atoron 16 Feb 2008 at 18:21:10

    Congrats! You are a better man than me!

    But… I miss your posts.

    Hope everything further is well with the family.

    Vrede

    Ator

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