http://derailed.today.com Just another Today.com weblog Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:51:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thirty six days... amazing, to me anyway. Two months ago I would not have thought it possible. Two months ago I was up to three and sometimes more than three packs a day. I made it through the dental fiasco unscathed. I was very leery of that one, but the jaw ... http://derailed.today.com/2009/11/14/day-36/ Yesterday was a lost cause. I was in the oral surgeon's office at 10:20A.M., stuck in a chair for a few minutes, and the next thing I remember it was 3:30P.M. . I had to have him pull a tooth. Anything involving my lower jaw means an oral surgeon... I cannot ... http://derailed.today.com/2009/11/12/id-rather-pull-teeth/ Today is thirty days.... The withdrawals are easing up on me though I am still using Nicorette gum at 2mg.  I hardly use the gum much and normally chew no more than two or three pieces a day. Urges to smoke are getting farther and farther apart, with a great deal less intensity, ... http://derailed.today.com/2009/11/08/still-smoke-free/ Sixteen days and still clear of smoking! It is a really good thing that I am determined to quit... I still get urges daily though they are usually lighter and getting farther apart. Last night I was writing away when I stood up from the computer and started looking for my ... http://derailed.today.com/2009/10/25/day-sixteen/ It is cold here in Northern Florida this morning, the temperature fell clear down into the lower forties last night. Is it really October? Normal weather is hot and humid until November with a slight chance of hurricanes... Lucky for us it is not a normal year! I have come to ... http://derailed.today.com/2009/10/18/day-nine/ I quit! Yes that's right, I have had enough... no more kicking me around. I have not had a cancer stick in eight days now. I truly wish I felt good about that, but maybe when the feeling that I would walk a heck of a lot farther than a mile ... http://derailed.today.com/2009/10/17/dear-journal/ When I decide to immerse myself in work, I really do a good job of it. I decided to work on one of my ideas for a novel, one that I had done some writing on, and background for. That was several weeks ago and I still cannot find what I did ... http://derailed.today.com/2009/10/04/writing-again/ Finally! Two whole days to relax and do as I please with... since the boss announced all the overtime you can eat phase, we had been getting Sundays as our single day of rest. Anyone who has ever worked for a living can tell you that things still need done ... http://derailed.today.com/2009/09/07/two-days-off/ Life can be interesting... The roofing company I was working for called and asked if I might be willing to work some evenings and Saturdays, that evening upon returning to the shop my boss told us we could work as many hours as we wanted. The next day he changed ... http://derailed.today.com/2009/08/30/overtime/ I thought I really ought to get around to an update here... I started a new job this last week, yup I am five days into my new/old career. I worked for this company before, about four years ago, but traded up or at least thought I had until the condo ... http://derailed.today.com/2009/08/22/the-new-job/