43 Days, weird dreams and Christmas shopping

Well I cracked the six week mark yesterday and I think I was too empassioned about 'fighting the good fight' for some of my clients that I didn't really think about smoking at all, I deliberatley avoided going to the Christmas do, mainly because I couldn't be bothered but I did make perfect use of the 'Oh I'm giving up smoking and don't want to put myself in an environment which is likely to cause temptation' excuse (lame, I know but WTF I have very few scruples at the moment and I didn't want to go). So I went home, drank one or two beers (that means six) then had a small scotch (that means a quarter of the bottle), watched people being mauled by sharks on 'Shark week', while pointing out exactly why I don't swim in the ocean ad infinitum, had a small snack (didn't stop eating from the moment I walked through the door). Then after this action packed excursion I trundled off to bed........ NOW..... I pride myself on the fact I don't dream, or if I do, then I don't remember them. So next thing I know I'm in 'the land of nod' (asleep.. for those of you unfamiliar with this phrase) minding my own business and I'm smoking like a trooper and not only that I'm not enjoying it and I'm hiding while I'm doing it....... it's like being a kid all over again when you first start smoking, so for some reason I'm also getting pretty annoyed with myself in my sleep........... anyway i wake up at some point later and I'm alone, I'm thinking 'Ok this is weird, it's dark and I'm alone, where's the missus?' Turns out she's in the spare room fast asleep, when I asked her why she slept in the spare room, she tells me that I was so restless and cranky during my sleep that she had to move.......... the moral of this story .... if there is one, is to be on your guard at all times, sleep with one eye open, smoking ain't going to give up without a fight and what kind of a bloody thing tries to pray on you while you're asleep? SMOKING does, seems like we've all had it at some point.

Survived the last of the Christmas shopping this morning without even thinking about smoking, even sat out in the bloody rain with my wife while she had a fag. Oh that's another thing I've only just realised about smoking, it's a pain in the arse when you don't smoke and others do, because you always have to wait for them to have a smoke before you can do anything!

There ya go that's my axe ground for today, hope you're all having a great weekend.