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Happy Sunday from my fuzzy bunny slippers

alysonoholic
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I bought these at Ross a few weekends ago in one of those "treat yoself" moments when I was already seeing how much money I was saving from my quit. I admittedly went a bit overboard in the beginning with my retail therapy but I've reined myself back in and instead of shopping, today I'm making myself be truly, really, actually productive. Not just "ooh, I got that little project done and that little project over there...I should watch a movie and chill" levels of getting stuff done, either. I've been pretending that I'm protecting my quit by changing my weekend patterns but at this point I just feel lazy.

I slept in later than usual but I suspect that I probably stayed up too late watching Dancing Queen on Netflix and then I also woke up about 5 hours later with horrible jaw pain (I think the wellbutrin is inadvertently making me clench my jaw but I am trying to be mindful of that) so I got up and took a few ibuprofen and got back in bed. Still, Cheese and Bread (my cats) made sure I didn't stay in bed very long after I woke up as they were ready and demanding to be fed immediately. 

I haven't turned on the TV yet (it's noon here) but I think I may put some 80s music on and get to gettin' on the work I need to do at home. I'm going to be quietly celebrating my 22 days of freedom while I boogie around my place with cleaning supplies in hand. At one point I didn't know if I would ever get past three weeks again so thank you, EX friends, for all your support and inspiration.

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This is actually my third wind on becomeanex.org - in February 2013 I quit for over 6 months before relapsing and realizing I was going to have to start all over again. And then that happened again. So, I'm back here to get at it. I've tried quitting so many times now it's not even that funny. I had basically been smoking since I was 13 (so, 25 years now) and was tired of letting something so stupid and expensive run my life to the extent that it did. In general, I am a pretty healthy person. I work out regularly, I eat well most of the time..it just seemed ridiculous to keep subjecting myself to being stinky and ultimately sick. I know cigarettes don't actually bring anything positive to my life, it was just hard to think of a future that didn't include the habits I had built around them. But now that I am 38 I am determined to live a healthy, well-balanced life and take more time to enjoy my home, my friends, my 2 cats, my city and a life free of cigarettes.