Monday...already?

It's monday again, but it's another monday that I'm not a smoker! So that's a damn good thing in my eyes.

I had my huge halloween party to do this weekend. It was stressful to say the least. I am the host and MC for this party. I have a big fear of speaking in front of crowds, but I still do this anyway (yeah I know, my fault). I was worried as for the past couple of years, and of course the years before I quit smoking last time, I would constantly be running outside in the cold to have a quick smoke.

Well, this year, sure I may have had the urge once in a while as the memories came back, but I still didn't go out. I probably drank more alcohol because of this. You see, this bar, you have to go up 2 flights of stairs to get to the main area. Not an easy task when you're drinking like a fish. People would buy me beers a few times in the night and it would be rude not to drink them ;-)

I know, junkie thinking ;-)

Anyway, a good time was had by the folks there. I had to deal with twits all night, which wasn't fun, but at least I kept the party rockin for the 450 or so people there. That's the real important part. As long as others had a good time, I'm happy. And it was good to reconnect with some old friends there that I haven't seen for a while.

I did have a small craving this morning on the way to work. More of a memory thing again. Just walking to work, at the same point I would always light up and there was the brief glimmer across my mind of "time to have a smoke" and then it passed. At least THOSE are getting quicker.

I have been quit for 54 days. I have saved approximately $432.28 by not smoking 1,080 cigarettes. My Quit Date: 9/9/2009 7:00 AM.
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