Smoking

I would just like to congratulate myself on not having a single cigarette since Monday!
It sort of happened because I became sick Monday night after going to Lake Murray.  But now I think I might be sick because I've stopped smoking.
I have heard that quitting smoking can cause a "psuedo" cold, where you have cold-like symptoms, but are not actually sick.  I've been coughing (productively if you know what I mean), having to blow my nose constantly, sinus headaches left and right, and just a general sense of malaise.  Some of it was from the loads of medicine I've been on.  However, I think it's on it's way out and I think the "psuedo" cold actually makes me want to quit smoking even more.  I love the way I feel after a few weeks after I've stopped smoking.
Did you know that nicotine is as addictive as heroin and cocaine?  Every time I look at a list of the ingredients in the cigarettes, I'm shocked it's even legal.  That should be motivation to quit, right?  It's amazing how addictive heroin can be ... ahem, nicotine that is.
And I've decided that almost every morning this summer, when I don't have to get up super early for work, I will get up an hour earlier than I would normally, and go for a run.  I used to walk or run every day when I was a teenager, from about ages 16 to 19, and then I just quit.  Probably because I started smoking at age 19.  But no more!  I want to be healthy!  No more excuses!  Wow, I sound corny.
I'm also thinking about starting a new clean up routine, where I clean fifteen or thirty minutes every day when I get home, and my place will stay clean that way.  Well, that's thrilling.
Now, I've got to get off and call James.  He is over at a friend's house playing Dungeons and Dragons.  Yes, I'm pretty much marrying one of the top five nerdiest people in the world. ;)  Anyways, he has to get up at 8:30, it's 2:30 and he said he would be finishing up at 12:30, and he's still not home.  And with that, I bid you goodnight. =P