I Was Robbed (Literally!) ~

This weekend marks 31 weeks completely smoke free! Physical cravings for nicotine are completely gone ... And most of the time I do not desire a cigarette at all. But there are times when I think I still want to reach for my old crutch.

Last week I was robbed ... Literally ... I came home to my front door wide open. When I got into the house and walked up the stairs the first thing I noticed was my missing computer.

I walked into the kitchen to a terrible mess. The refrigerator door was open, there was a bottle of sparkling wine rolling on the floor (for who knows what reason) and the back door to the kitchen had been completely destroyed.

Of course, I called the police immediately ... The wait? ... THREE HOURS ... My mother who lives in the same neighborhood walked up and waited with me as I continued to assess the damage. I walked through the house, inventoried things, kept looking out the window for the police to show up and couldn't help but to think what was really missing was for me to go outside and smoke a few cigarettes while I wait for the police!

(A note of aggravation ... I can appreciate the police can't be everywhere at once but this whole waiting three hours after a total property violation was a lot less palatable coming off the heels of a speeding ticket I got from an officer hiding on a curb where the speed limits suddenly drops ... Its apparent that extorting revenue from law abiding citizens who makes a mistake is easier than responding to a real crime ... Sorry, I have no other place to vent that little pet peeve.)

Back to my regularly scheduled post:
The loss of my computer --- that wasn't the only thing I lost and it certainly wasn't worth much. It was like a six year old e-machine ... Seriously, a total piece of crap! However, it had a lot of stuff on it, including all my smoking graphics I use for this blog and a few articles I have not had a chance to publish yet.

I have a very modest following here so no one may have noticed that I used very few of my photos or pictures twice ... now I have to start over again acquiring new graphics. I lost a lot of photos ... But I will be able to get some of them back.

(The two I've attached to this post are the only two I have from my last day of smoking ... My profile pic which is of my last pack of cigarettes bought and that same pack in the drawer of my hypnotist's office... Mine is the one with the date written on it ...)

Starting over from scratch isn't always a bad thing... If anyone who reads this comes across a good photo or graphic for this blog or a good article for republishing I'd love to see them.