Kicking The Nicotine Habit - Day 3

Yesterday wasn't too bad. The day was fine, no issues. We had to wait for a contractor in the evening and he was nearly an hour late and i found myself getting stressed waiting and that was an hour where I felt weaker, but not in any danger of actually smoking. Today has been pretty good and my confidence is still very high and growing with each day. In addition, i'mm putting $7 in an account every day so that will give me even more incentive.

Kicking the Nicotine Habit

Day 2. 

Yesterday was the start of my smoke free life. Admitidly I am using a Nicotine patch as a replacement for the time being, but I see that as being fairly short term. I last smoked sunday evening and am now 1.5 days in. I'm surprised how few the times have been where I even thought about a cigarete, not wanted ne, but just thought, like after a meal, or with a beer. I'm feeling really confident, but cautios as well. Overconfidence is not a great thing. I have a call with a nurce from my mediacl insurance company later, a coach so to speak. Not quite sure what advice she can give that I dont already know, but theres no harm in a phone call.

I do already feel better, and I know that over the next few days that feeling will happen more and more. I've had loads of support from friends on facebok, lots of encouragement, and that helps.

Better get back to work now, i'll post on and off through this process to let you know how i'm doing.

nik

Sunday Nov 20, 2011

A fairly productive weekend so far. Yesterday we framed the corner of the "L" where the pipes go upstairs, then put up another piece of blue board on the ceiling. Also put some greenhouse roofing on the porch so when we get the rain and snow in winter it will hopefully protect what's left of the porch roof and stop the water leaking inside issue that we had last year. It's a bit of a Heath Robinson affair but I think it will do the trick. Today I went to home depot to get more blue board, and the plan is to get another piece up in the ceiling then we can make a concerted attack on the walls. We also purchased the flooring for the "L" last weekend, and once the blue board is up we can start on the flooring, but that's probably at least a week out - maybe over the thanksgiving holiday. All this work concentrating on the "L" is because we've ordered a pellet stove and that gets delivered early December (we hope) so we need the room done by then, or at least where the fire is going.

Today is a beautiful day outside, high 60's, so I'm also doing one of my favorite hobbies, chopping up wood and burning. Alyson is chatting to Charlotte so work has stopped for a while.

Enough rambling, time to go feed the fire and cut some blue board to size. I'll update you all on progress as it happens, and I'll try and post a few pics of our work.

Day 6 of my Movember mo-gress!

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Charlotte & Richie

Short Animoto video I put together from the Wedding day.

Short Animoto video from Charlotte and Richie's Wedding Day

Charlotte & Richie from Nik Alston on Vimeo.