Hec, are you AIM-able?

Yes, ma'am.

Teppy, I think that haircut looks great on you! I get the I'm-too-big-for-short-hair feeling, you've described having, too.

I'm trying to get past it, because I've realized I have never thought another woman was too big for short hair. I think, for me (not necessarily that it's the same for you) it is a self-perception thing. When I look at myself, most of the time, I'm looking in a mirror where I only see the top part of me. I'm not used to paying too much attention to the whole person, and don't think I'm seeing what other people see, when they look at me, with either the short or long hair.

::gold star in Cindy's file::

Thanks, Hec. To break the routine part of it, I take them out of the package, put them in a ziplock baggie, put the baggie in a cup, and put the cup down cellar, on a high shelf, in the laundry room. I have to wait at least one hour between cigarettes (and I'm going to start slowly increasing that), and have to smoke one less, every day. I just started Friday, but so far, so good. I was smoking like a fiend, and although I think cutting down is contributing to my anxiety (which mostly seems to be timed to my cycle), I think smoking like a fiend was also contributing to it.

eta... Thank you, Deena.

Your hair is teh awesome, Teppy.

Aims and Kristin, I have hugs for you if you want them.

I take them out of the package, put them in a ziplock baggie, put the baggie in a cup, and put the cup down cellar, on a high shelf, in the laundry room.

I should do that with cookies.

Thanks for the compliments on the hair, peoples. It does the most amazing fucked-up Oz bedhead in the morning. It's very defiant.

I'll take hugs.

I'm baking. I found vanilla.

Steph, the hair is gorgeous.

YAY Cindy!

To break the routine part of it, I take them out of the package, put them in a ziplock baggie, put the baggie in a cup, and put the cup down cellar, on a high shelf, in the laundry room. I have to wait at least one hour between cigarettes (and I'm going to start slowly increasing that), and have to smoke one less, every day.

Wow, that's a serious commitment, Cindy. I'm proud of you. Really, I know it's a very tough addiction.

{{Aims}}

Rock on, Cindy. The other day at WalMart I put a box of patches in and out of my basket about three times. For what it's worth, I didn't buy them. One month.

YAY Cindy!

Thank you so much Aimee, but that's probably premature. For example, this has been the longest fucking hour of my life, and there's still 5 minutes left of it. I have to keep reminding myself I routinely go 6-8 hours without a cigarette, when I'm sleeping. Right now, I feel like I have enough time to walk some vanilla out to California, and get back here, before the damned hour is up. ijs.

Wow, that's a serious commitment, Cindy. I'm proud of you. Really, I know it's a very tough addiction.

Thanks, Hec. I'm not even down to the pack-a-day level yet, so...

A doctor recommended the method to me a long time ago.--well, not the cup and the laundry room bit (and by the way, I have never been so frigging caught up on my laundry...since before I had kids). He just said to just break the habit part, first--to get a cigarette case, or something, take them all out of the pack, and keep them somewhere different, then just cut out one a day.

I actually cut out more than one, the first day, accidentally-on-purpose. But for yesterday and today, I'm just going for one less, because I am feeling the cravings. I was getting to the point where I was afraid I'd never again try to quit, when I remembered what he recommended. I figure it isn't going to hurt.