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For those of you following the saga of my head cold, it is on the down-swing. I woke up this morning feeling slightly better than yesterday, so I decided to call the whole thing off and stay at home. I was supposed to go to a seamstress and have some chinos hemmed and cuffed, but I cancelled after making my decision. Instead I read “The Color Purple”, some philosophy, drank tea, juice, water, took some pics of my newest aircraft build, and tried to squeeze in a nap among the raging goings on of a nothing day. But that’s alright. I’m also going to skip the meeting tonight. I think if I can have one more night without a radical change of body temperature, I may kick this cold into next year.

I had a brainstorm the other night about smoking cigarettes. Now, I smoke, but very infrequently and not at home. I manage a pack of smokes every 2 1/2 days or so. Still, in my state a bill has just been passed that would increase the price $2 across the board! I know that they are bad for me, and I know what they do. The fact is that I am stubborn and willful when it comes to these things. Oh yeah, my brainstorm…

I want to smoke a cigarette. That is obvious.

But I don’t need to smoke a cigarette. I think it may work. Every time I experience a craving, I say to myself, “I want one, but I don’t need one.” After all, what have the little bastards ever done for me? Sure, they look good on film, in black and white, in a tuxedo, but how often do I ever get that chance? Never. So I’m going to try to dump these things. At the very least I’ll save about $24 a week (my cigs currently go for $5.75 a pack) after the price increase.

All this talk of smoking makes me want to have a smoke, but that would mean going outside, temperature change, etc…

I want my family members to stop reading my blog. Stop it, right now. Think of it as a dresser in someone’s room: sure you know where it is, but that doesn’t mean you have to rifle through it looking for clues as to lifestyle and opinion. Set some boundaries, folks.

Johnnyboy

Well I am finally able to post my favorite spaces and places on the internet. With the kindly, patient, and indispensable help of Aravis I have added some links at the bottom of the page. One of them is my photo album, which saves me loads of time if I refer to my pictures in a blog. Another is the best resource for the aircraft and those that flew them during the First World War. Aircraft of that era are a hobby of mine and this site is the key to my happiness. I have linked 2 of my favorite personal blogs as well, those being ‘She Who Weaves Hypertext Markup Spells” Aravis and Sam, of Sam I Am. The fifth addition (sounds like a soul R&B group…The Fifth Addition!) is possibly the best recovery site out there. They cover almost any aspect of recovery one would wish to talk about and the forum is really spot-on, as they say. So sign up for Sober Recovery…It’s free and well worth the imaginary dollar in the basket.

What a relief. I was really confused about this html stuff, and rightly so, being a language I know nothing about. But with a little patience and a template provided by the above I seem to be getting the hang of some of it. This means, of course, that I may have to find more and more blogs to add on. I have a few in mind, so stay tuned.

I’m still sick, feeling on the borderline of either getting well or worse. I’ll stick to tea and juice for the next few days. My only real commitment this week is school on Wednesday morning, so I’d like to kick this dog before then.

Johnnyboy