In which I’m being very good and deserve lots of presents.

I haven’t had a cigarette in five days.

When I go out at night and everyone steps outside to smoke, I have a 4mg nicotine lozenge. Most of the rest of the time, I just ride it out.

The NRT literature suggests that I ingest a steady-but-decreasing amount of nicotine, but my intake has always been uneven and I don’t want to take all that nicotine when I normally wouldn’t be taking it in the first place. So this approach, this crisis-management approach, it’s working for me. Quitting is far more about the head space than about the nicotine, anyway.

Today I did 121 sit-ups and 18 push-ups. Shortly I’ll be doing 110 squats. (My ass is totally gonna hurt.)

This evening I’m going to see a lecture on Zen Buddhism at Whitman college with my friend Lannie. After that I’ll probably go see Feedback play at Barnaby’s and get my dance on.

Tomorrow night I’ll be joining Coyote Kings at Ice Harbor Brewing in the Tri-cities for the UnTapped Blues Festival launch party. Yay!

I don’t have a job, but I don’t really care about that beyond desiring more income to spend on plane tickets. I don’t really have a life plan, but I do have friends, clear lungs, a roof over my head, and a gig tomorrow night!