Couch 114 - Take a Pew

Is everything okay, BunYip?

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Oops, i was worried i was too blunt! You are not annoying, i just hate seeing you struggle with this when you don't really need to, and sometimes your husband annoys me That is a joke, and i give advice as an eternally single person, so what do i know?

I tried to quit smoking cold turkey today as a health present to myself for my birthday. I couldn't. Now I'm going to try slowly stopping until I quit on July 4th. Independence day for me will be about being independent from cigarettes! Wish me luck!

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You can do it! My mom quit after smoking for almost 30 years. she now does cross fit and has ran a marathon and is ridiculously athletic. before she quit, she didn't really exercise at all. i think part of it was trading her smoking addiction to exercise, but she doesn't abuse it, so i'm all for it!

Good luck!!!! I can pray for you, if that doesn't make you uncomfortable. I know you can do it. Just don't stop trying!

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Sorry I just had a revelation but didn't know how to explain it. Thanks for yyour concern.
I am now feeling immensely better than I have the past couple of days.

No problem.

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Goodnight, Couch! May you all get at least 1 hour of good rest.

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You were honest and being you and I appreciated it... not too blunt. I needed someone besides my t to say that to me! So I thank you!

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Thanks velcro and darkness! The encouragement is appreciated. That's a good idea to try to replace it with exercise too!

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You got this! My h quit smoking when I got pregnant in 1998, and hasn't smoked since. He chewed a TON of juicy fruit, but it got him through. He'd smoked for probably 25 years prior.

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Thanks artemis! Wow, 25 years is a long time. I've only been smoking for about five months, so if he can do it, I can too!

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Good luck ilikecats!

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that's good, i didn't want to offend! in my head i am always assertive, but i've lived by myself for so long that i literally can't even IMAGINE being in a relationship with someone.
oh, you TOTALLY got this. Nicotine patches really help, too; as does the gum i hear.

Good luck! Wishing you the best.

Is today your birthday? Happy Birthday!

Just found out my mother's in the hospital, they think she had a mini-stroke. My brother just called to let me know. Apparently she was driving somewhere today and started feeling really weird and not right and she pulled over and called 911, she was not far from a hospital so the ambulance got her there quickly, they don't really know anything yet other than she was very dehydrated. So they got her hydrated and her blood pressure was high also so they had to get that regulated. My brother said she is feeling better this evening and talking about coming here next week because she wants to see my son graduate. I told him to make sure they don't let her travel if the dr says not to. He thinks it was not a stroke, but the dehydration that made her feel so bad and almost pass out. That has happened to her several times over the past 15 years to the point where she did pass out and my dad would call an ambulance each time. Anyway she'll see the neurologist tomorrow morning, and they're keeping her in the hospital tonight.

Anyway I find it interesting that adult me took the news quite calmly because she's never really been that much of a mother to me.... but the little me on the inside, is crying for her mommy....

ETA update: my sister just texted, she just got home from the hospital and said our mother is moved into a room now and sleeping, the cat scan or however you spell it looked really good they said, so that's encouraging. She ate a bowl of tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich before falling asleep. So that sounded like good news too.

If it's ok, I'd like to say that I'm praying for your mom. I pray that her body is strengthened and for healing. I also pray for wisdom for the medical staff who are attending her. I Jesus name. Amen.

I so totally understand your feelings about the little one in you. My mom is 80 and I worry sometimes how I would react to a similar situation. If it's ok.. I'd like to pray Gods peace over that for you, where you are now, and for the future. Hope that makes sense.

Also, if it's ok, I'd like to offer the little one, of you, a soft hug of understanding.

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Art - I hope your mother is okay and that it is nothing serious.

The puppy has never been keen on dry food. I thought I was onto a winner today as he ate a couple of pieces so I went about my stuff. I could hear him rummaging in the dish. I came out he had put every single piece on the floor and was rolling in them.

(((Art)))

BY - I was listening to a myths and legends podcast today and the Bunyip was the creature of the week. Imagine my surprise when I learned that in some versions, the bunyip is said to hug its victims.

Our wiccan weekend festival starts tomorrow. I hope the rain finishes/ holds off. I always think of Art when the drum circle starts.

I hope your mom is okay artemis! BunYip, thanks for that. It made me laugh

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I have not heard that version either. Thanks. There's no way I can make the link between hugging and dying funny, though it is.

How ghastly!