July 2008 - Posts
Why not combine the stress of the bar exam next tuesday with nicotine withdrawal? See, I decided I'm really tired of smoking and I don't want to take the exam as a nicotine slave. Sure, to me, Marlboro Lights taste awesome. But I'm tired of feeling sick and coughing and slowly dying. Whenever I've felt like this before, I've been successful at quitting for at least a year at a go. I have just hit 24 hours and the cravings are WORSE than ever. Its like this: I think I'll get a glass of wine: I NEED A SMOKE. I am walking: I NEED TO SMOKE. I am breathing: I NEED TO SMOKE. Its really wierd. The only way I'll have an issue is if zule brings cigs home or relapses.
My quitting plan has been to lock myself in the house, with my son (and earlier today with my mom), stay positive, stay focused, and drink shit loads of water. I also worked out like a mf'er to try to get the nicotine out faster. Until I hit two weeks, I plan on shopping at target, which does not sell cigarettes but in doing so I'll dramatically curtail our dinner options. I have also made a nasty cocktail of old cigarettes and wine/water in an ashtray, that if I look at, makes me ill. I put it where I used to sit to smoke. Wish me luck. I want this demon out of me. That's why I can't use stop smoking aids. They keep the nicotine in. Everytime I've quit for more than a year, it's been cold turkey. It is truly odd to be sitting completely still in a room, and break out into sweats and diarreah out of nowhere. I hope by the time my kids are adults they've outlawed tobacco products. And BAAL, you were right when I was 18, and you told me I would get addicted. In th intervening years, 15 years * 365 days * 20 cigarettes a day = 52780 cigarettes.
Okay, so before I went all crazy, and law studenty, I used to work nearly exclusively in real estate. I was kind of viewed as a wunderkind regarding condominiums at one point. However, I apparently do NOT have the ability to remember the "real estate law" that I need to do for the bar. There's a simple reason for this. Its entirely common law. Thus, we have to memorize wierd shit like the Rule against Perpetuities and the Rule in Shelley's case. Its seriously dull and hard. If I do pass my bar next week, luckily I won't have to deal with that crap anymore, b/c no one really deals with the Rule Against Perpetuities in real life. If there is an issue, the lawyers just put in "this 'interest' will vest no later than 21 years from the life of 'individual'".
Attn: Self. Do not close the mouth hole on your travel coffee mug. You will become very confused when only a small amount of coffee comes out b/c you won't remember you closed it. This will puzzle you for about 20 minutes. No shaking the cup does not help. When you finally figure it out, your coffee will already be cold.
First, I'm super irritated with the KY bar for not sending me my clearance letter from Character and Fitness. Now, from what I understand, those who HAD to have a hearing, have HAD a hearing. But shit, its 14 days away. Send me a letter.
I had a super awesome blog about a gifted zucchini squash, but it got deleted from some random key stroke I made, and I'm way to lazy to recreate it. Know that this year, Kentucky was made for growing things in the ground.