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It's All In My Head?

· 🌡️ 34°F

Mucus. Holy crap, i didn't think so much could actually come out of a single skull. How many boxes of tissues can one person use? My head feels like it is made of some of that pastel Easter cotton used to line children's baskets.

I'm not gonna even start about the crap coming out of my lungs. I did quit smoking for good reasons! I did quit smoking for good reasons!! I did quit smoking for good reasons!!! I've been told that the first 3 days are for the physicall addiction, the first 3 months for the social addiction and another 3 years for the lungs to be clear. *sigh*

My sense of smell is coming back in fits and starts from this cold. I find myself able to smell subtle things, but not really strong things (which can be a blessing at times).

Today, when we were at Wegmans, i didn't have my I.D. and @uncutsaniflush was buying beer (i can't tell you how many times i have been carded at Wegmans.. i would be flattered if i weren't annoyed. i am not the one buying or drinking it!), so i thought i would wander around in the seasonal department for a while. If the cashier doesn't know i am "with" him, then i won't get carded. All of a sudden, a smell hit me like a ton of bricks. Chocolate. Easter chocolate. It was so overwhelming, i thought i could taste it.

Is it all in my head, or does Easter chocolate smell different than, say, year round chocolate? I had a rush of olfactory inspired memories of childhood Easters...
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💬 4 comments

  1. mrdt ·

    cigarrettes where the hardest substances I stopped using...it only gets easier.

  2. judy ·

    Leetee, u go girl! I quit in 1998 when I could lock myself away for 3 days to vomit & hallucinate. I even had employers tell me that if I ever tried to quit while working there I was fired! lol And, yes, all the smells; I walked down the sugar aisle in the market and could smell it (powdery icky). But, I promise u will look at other people smoking & think, "Why are they doing that?" Hang in there. You will be a winner. Judy, Holly's mom.
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  3. leetee ·

    Thank you both very much, @mrdt and @judy! I appreciate your kind words of support. This cold just makes me feel like i quit smoking yesterday, when it has been over a year! I heard colds were supposed to be easier when you quit!

  4. metalpeter ·

    The ID rule. Legaly everyone who is togather has to be ID'd. It is so Mom, Olderbrother, olderfriend or anyone else can't buy beer for a minor who is with them. They don't ID people who are obviously way to young like little kids with there parents.

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