the diary, day 12
Blizzard Edition
By the numbers:
- Number of days spent inside house: 3
- Number of waking hours where there wasn't an offspring's friend in the house: 0
- Number of mugs of hot chocolate made: 26
- Number of times I yelled "Shut the front door, you're letting all the heat out": 12
- Number of times I mopped up puddles of melted snow from the front hallway and kitchen: at leat 15
- Number of times I put clothes that did not belong to my children in the dryer: 5
- Number of gloves lent out that I won't get back: 3
- Number of times I had to listen to a guitar/screeching vocal duet of "This Photograph is Proof": 20? 235? I stopped counting at some point.
- Number of times I had to listen to Salad Fingers: Enough to be able to recite it by heart
- Number of meals fed to children not my own: dozens
- Number of cigarettes craved: 6,000
- Number of cigarettes smoked: NONE
I am so proud of me.
And I've developed a crush on Salad Fingers.
Comments
Salad Fingers = Man in desperate need of counseling.
Posted by: Sekimori | January 25, 2005 09:32 AM
Yay Michele! Go you!
Honestly, if you can make it through a day like that, you can do frickin' anything.
Posted by: Keiran Halcyon | January 25, 2005 09:33 AM
Salad Fingers was the weirdest thing I've ever seen. And I've seen lots of weird things.
Posted by: Dubya | January 25, 2005 09:41 AM
::::standing ovation:::
WOOHOO! You go, girl!
Posted by: Darleen | January 25, 2005 09:56 AM
One of the under-reported truths about quitting smoking:
It's much easier to quit smoking if you just don't have any cigarettes around you. Sounds simple, but that's the way it is.
If you are a recovering heroin addict, you stay away from your old shooting up buddies.
If you are a recovering tobacco addict, you stay away from bars, bowling alleys and 7-11s.
It's that easy. Stay away from places that tempt you. Later, when the temptation CAN'T overcome you anymore, then you can go back to those places.
It takes only a year or two.
Posted by: Easycure | January 25, 2005 10:20 AM
Bars and bowling alleys, fine. But you will never take away my daily visits to 7-11.
Posted by: michele | January 25, 2005 10:22 AM
My kids are completely in love with Salad Fingers. But you probably knew that.
I'm completely proud of you. But you probably knew that, too.
Posted by: Solonor | January 25, 2005 10:33 AM
wOOOt Claim it, claim it, claim it, M.
You can take the money saved and apply it toward the cost of a good hearing aid.
I said, YOU CAN TAKE, ah, nevermind. Gosh, it is good in here.
Posted by: jcwinnie | January 25, 2005 11:31 AM
From someone who knows: these are times you will never forget and someday regret having grown out of.
But it doesn't seem that way at the time, does it?
Posted by: steve | January 25, 2005 11:41 AM
You SHOULD be proud of you.
If you can make it through a weekend like you've had.. housebound and surrounded by other people's kids - you can definitely beat the habit.
:-) You're doing awesome.
Posted by: Angel | January 25, 2005 12:02 PM
Way to go Michele! Do you ever wonder if your life should be one of those musical montages - Rocky style? Like, Michele taking care of the kids and their friends, tolerating the annoyances of daily life, passing her old smoking spots - and lo! NOT SMOKING! All set to like - Eye of the Tiger or some middle-late eighties feel-good rock. DunditditDUH - - BUM BUM BUM dikadikadikadika Dunditdit DUH - - BUM BUM BUM!
Posted by: shank | January 25, 2005 12:03 PM
:) I'm very happy for you.
Posted by: htom | January 25, 2005 12:26 PM
You will have a few more days walking in the Valley of the Shadow of Death.
But you've beaten this.
Posted by: Slartibartfast | January 25, 2005 01:41 PM
somebody already said it, but, "you go girl!" !!!!!!!! That's certainly something to revel in. Ended with a preposition, but oh well.
Posted by: Mellomelsko | January 25, 2005 02:04 PM
Salad Fingers is probably the scariest/ weirdest thing I have ever watched. Im seriously freaked out, that voice will never leave my head. hah ok its not that bad.
Posted by: Michelle | January 25, 2005 03:08 PM
Go Michele!!!!! Woohoo!!!!!! I'm rooting for you!
Posted by: VHMPrincess | January 25, 2005 03:21 PM
You rock, baby. Tell me your secret!
Posted by: Faith | January 25, 2005 07:34 PM
I am proud of you too.
Posted by: Dave in Texas | January 25, 2005 08:53 PM