AUTHOR: Kelly Bean TITLE: Well paint me pink and call me crazy DATE: 10/03/2006 12:00:00 PM ----- BODY:
During the time I was smoking regularly, I spent approximately $12,045.00 on it. That's a car. That's a down payment on a condo...or maybe a small house. That's 63% of the total cost to get my bachelors degree (thank you Billy Bean for doing math for me because I'm too silly to figure it out). I hope that Phillip Morris & Altria Group (bastard parents of Phillip Morris company) appreciated it...that hard earned money of mine that is. I was playing around online today, even though I should have been reading/studying my ass off considering all the work that I have to do in the next few weeks (end of the first term..FINALS), and happened upon the Washington State Quitline website. In hindsight I probably should have chosen the studying because after my visit & what I read, I got angry. But on a positive note...here's what is happening/starting to happen for me now... 20 minutes after quitting smoking: Your blood pressure drops to a normal rate for you. The temperature of your hands and feet increases to normal. 8 hours: The carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal. The oxygen level in your blood goes up to normal. 24 hours: Your chance of a heart attack goes down. 48 hours: Nerve endings start re-growing. Ability to smell and taste begins to improve. 2 weeks to 3 months: Your circulation improves. Walking gets easier. Your lungs perform up to 30 percent better. 1 to 9 months: There's less coughing, sinus congestion, tiredness, and shortness of breath. Cilia (tiny hairs) re-grow in your lungs to better handle mucous, clean your lungs, and reduce infection. 1 year after quitting: Your extra risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker's. 5 to 15 years: Your stroke risk goes down to that of a nonsmoker. Heaven alive. Seriously.

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----- COMMENT: AUTHOR:Anonymous Anonymous DATE:10/03/2006 08:26:00 PM Did i do the give you $100 if you quit thing? I know i did it with a couple other people and it gave just a bit more incentive. The deal is no smoking for six months and i'll give you $100. Just throwing my hat into your ring, love, p ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR:Blogger Kelly Bean DATE:10/03/2006 10:09:00 PM Are you serious? I know you're not the type to play with me like that. Really? Do you know what that is? That's $100 towards my student loans...really.

Well...at this point I have almost 4 days with not a single cigarette. We'll see how it continues to go.

It would be a whole lot easier if J quit too-although I realize that I'm fully responsible for what I do. I'm working on harassing him. ----- COMMENT: AUTHOR:Anonymous Anonymous DATE:10/04/2006 08:32:00 AM Of course i'm serious.

Yay for 4 DAYS!! ----- --------