SMOKE-FREE FOR THREE YEARS

Every day I am amazed I no longer smoke.  I had my first cigarette at 13 and I was addicted by 15.  I was on average a pack a day smoker and I couldn't walk outside without lighting a cigarette.  I literally couldn't walk in NYC unless I had a cigarette in my hand.  How crazy is that?  But I was an addict and couldn't give it up.  Or so I thought.  I did a program that started on Jan. 4, 2009 and ended on Jan. 8, 2009.  And at the end of the program I no longer smoked.  I wanted a cigarette very, very badly, but I was also motivated by everything I had learned during the program; over the many, many quit attempts; and of course, my mother.  The program no longer exists, but like every other quitting smoking program, not everyone quit.  I think that 30% of us were successful, but we all still keep in touch and encourage each other every year (and all of us in the 30% has gained at least 20+ lb..; so now we have to figure out how to lose that next).

And even though I've been smoke-free for 3 years, I still want a cigarette.  But I know in my heart (and my lungs) that one cigarette is too many.  I can never smoke again because I have absolutely no control over it.  I am a nicotine addict.

But it's been three freaking years!  YAHOOOOO!!!!!

I guess I should be ADHD this week...

From Rob Brezsny's Free Will Astrology:  LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Biologists say there are 680 species of trees and shrubs in the U.S. and Canada. By comparison, Lambir Hills National Park on the island of Borneo is the home of 1,175 species on its 128 acres. I
suspect you will feel right at home in places like Lambir Hills in the coming week, Leo. Your own creative urges will be running hotter than usual, and are most likely to thrive in contexts that are themselves teeming with lush fertility and rich diversity. Please surround yourself with inspirational influences, thereby giving yourself the best possible chance to express yourself with vivid imagination.


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good morning, NYC

clear, sunny and cold in NYC today.  On days like these, I marvel that I live here.

my new exercise plan

i feel the same way about pate

stuck in my head

my neighbor

i haven't met any yet in my building which isn't unusual at all in NYC but i met my first neighbor across the way - in another building...cooking breakfast...in tighty whities...  It was fascinating because 1) he was only wearing the whities and 2) he was cooking at the stove with an open flame.  it was like watching a really cheap side show.

Lesson learned - get curtains stat.

Warning - coffee-withdrawn woman ahead

I have to transition from coffee back to tea.  The Reflux (flux, flux, flux, flux, flux) is back and with a vengence. Like Reflux II - Take No Hostages starring Steven Segal.  So sad because I looooooove coffee.  I love it.  I would marry it.  I would.

What the what

What the what, a photo by ilovermont on Flickr.

When I was convalescing from my back/neck injury, I was on some serious pain meds. The meds made me very loopy and I began to compulsively shop. Now most of the stuff I bought I could use and did need. Maybe not at that current moment, but wasn't too big a surprise. However, I TOTALLY don't remember buying this. Diamonique, QVC LOLOLOL

My new apartment!

New apt a video by ilovermont on Flickr.

I just got my keys and took these videos to give you a view of the new place. Very excited :)

The tour continues

Apt 2 a video by ilovermont on Flickr.

The rest of the apartment

Apt 3 a video by ilovermont on Flickr.

You know you're in a Korean household when

The fridge smells like kimchee and the water tastes of ginseng...