Its been a while since I posted anything but that will be changing.  Since its been a while, I should update you, my readers, about what has been going on in my world. First, about 4 weeks ago, I finally quit smoking.  I started taking Chantix about six weeks ago and kicked the habit.  Its been a rough road to being a non-smoker but I am finally there.  Now I am counting the days until I can stop taking this horrible drug.  I hate the way it makes me feel, but right now its the only thing between me and a cigarette.  Chantix is definitely the lesser of the two evils, but it doesn't seem to mix with the Chicago summer heat and humidity. Next, I have finally purchased a new HP Pavilion Desktop Computer, the a6430f.  This means that all of my computer issues I was having before have been erased.  Now I can spend more time blogging and enjoying the social part of the internet instead of troubleshooting hardware problems.  I absolutely love my new desktop computer, which now has Windows Vista and Ubuntu 8.04 installed. Finally, I can now say that my ankle is pretty much back to normal.  Or at least as normal as it will most likely get.  Its slightly bigger than it used to be but all that hardware takes up space. Well, stay tuned for more soon!

Well, Sunday marked the two week anniversary of my surgery on my ankle and let me just say that it has been two weeks of pure hell.  The hardest thing for me is going downstairs to smoke.  I basically have to slide down the stairs with my walker, put my coat and crap on, and finally go outside.  When I get out there, I have to sit on a towel so my butt doesn't get cold and put on a blanket so my foot doesn't get cold.  When its snowy and/or wet, I have to put a plastic bag on my foot.  All this just for a few cigarettes.  I have tried to quit like 3 times since I broke my ankle but my problem is just that I don't really want to cope with not smoking at the same time that I am trying to cope with my foot.  Even though I am going through hell and everything takes 40 times longer with my foot, it has not all been bad.  Sunday I went with Jeff and James to the mall and got pushed around in a wheel chair.  Well, I sure hope another few weeks goes by quickly because I am very anxious to get into a walking cast!

Well folks, I have taken a huge step towards a healthier life today.  Today is day 1 of my endeavor to quit smoking.  I am using the Nicorette gum 4 mg and let me just say, I have not had a huge urge for a cigarette all day.  Unlike the patch, I am getting the nicotine in a similar fashion as with cigarettes.  Nicorette is definitely making my life easier today.  Anyway, I'll blog more later to update my smoking status.