Lifestyle Change

Well I knew when I started this whole blog thing that I wouldn't be very diligent in keeping it current, but I can't believe it's actually been over a month since the last time I updated it. A lot has been going on the last month, baby girl has football games (or as she calls them Cheer Games) every Saturday. That was a mess for the first two games. Apparently they changed some rules this year and both of our games ended up starting an hour and a half late! The last 2 games actually started on time so things are getting better. On September 19th I went to visit my Primary Care Doctor (let's call him Dr. Cutie) and boy was I in trouble. My cholesterol was off the charts, my glucose levels were high, and a liver test was kinda odd. So collectively we decided that I have to make some lifestyle changes, you know the stuff, quit smoking, eat better, lose weight, yadda yadda... So I set a date (September 25th) to quit smoking. Man, this is hard stuff.. I haven't completely quit, but I have cut down a lot. That counts for something... Right? Before starting to quit I was smoking a pack (about. 20) cigarettes a day. On the 25th I smoked about 10, on the 26th I smoked 7 and then on the 27th I had some tense situations at work and ended up smoking around 12. Yesterday was 8. Now I'm completely out of cigarettes and am fighting the very strong urge to go buy more. At home there is no-one to bum a cigarette from, so it actually takes buying a pack and once you have the pack you feel the need to smoke all of them with the justification that they are to expensive to waste... At work it's not the same. I have A LOT of friends that smoke and can bum a cigarette here and there, I think that makes it harder because getting the cigarettes are so much easier. Anyhow, it's 8:35 am on Saturday Morning and normally by this time I've had about 4 or 5 cigarettes and I haven't had any. My plan is to take it 30 minutes at a time...
I'm thinking about taking baby girl to the Fair on Monday since they are out of school. It makes me a little nervous for just she and I to go with all the crazy people in this world, but hubby and granny can't take off work, sis and mom really can't walk that much and che che is already going with someone else, so we'll see what happens and how baby girl acts between now and then. Sis is having replacement knee surgery on Wednesday and next Sunday I fly to Chicago for a 3 day training class so things never really slow down do they? Well, I better get back to work on my Bible Study (your suppose to work on it a little each day and I put the whole thing off until today) and write out some bills which is really depressing and will probably end up being the determining factor of whether I smoke today or not! Anyhow, have a great day and I'll try to write on a more consistent basis.