A Chronicle of my Changing Times.

Smoking Insomnia

Ok, in attempting to avoid the "went here, did this, then that, then etc." I'm taking forever writing up the Liechtenstein post.  It will come, along with other travel diaries.  One of these days I'll figure it out.  Just not tonight (at now 5am).

What I have accomplished tonight is catching up with the Venerable James, who with his better half - the Magnificent Mandy (better name pending when I'm not so tired) now reside in Cairo.  they've got a new blog - check it out.  For those playing along at home, that means he's now in the same time zone and thus communication becomes less problematic.  It also means that Michael has another trip planned within the next year involving sand, pyramids, and everyone's favorite current-nonwar-zone, craddle of civilization Islamic country.  I'm looking forward to it.

Also, in dicussions with my very favorite Canadian - Lisa - I managed to figure out what American TV shows are worthy of attention this upcoming fall.  Yes, this is not your father's Peace Corps.  Outide of complaining when your CNN goes on the fritz because that means you only have 8 English language channels on your TV, you bring y our laptop so you can download your favorite shows or have wonderful friends from America send them to you.  The current lists (Lisa approved) of can't miss shows include The Amazing Race, Grey's Anatomy, Lost, Veronica Mars, and Battlestar Galatica.  Yes, I suffer greatly here.

I'm not sure if it's these chats that have led to my insomnia tonight or something else.  I've just got a lot of nervous energy.  Good news, my Tribe managed to win this evening . Yes, in another example of just how rough I have it here, I've bought earlier this spring the MLB.com's radio package so I can listen to games like I was in St. Louis, Seattle, Boston or Cleveland.  Just instead of a crackily radio, I get the crystal clear internet radio (which strangely sounds a lot like AM radio with this package).

On the non-smoking front, it's now been four days since I last bought a pack of cigarettes, 3 days since I finished said pack, and about 9 hrs (as of posting) since I last bummed a smoke from Kalina.  Ok, good and bad things.  Still bumming the occasional one or 4 smokes whilst out with specific friends (who have more than taken a few of mine over the last year).  But the evenings and other times spent here in my aptartment are smoke free.  And I've gone from smoking around 20-30 cigs a day down to 2-3.  Not bad as a step.

Ok, off to be before the sun rises.

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