Day 5 on Chantix

 Today was a good day overall. I had probably about 15 cigarettes... but i knew yesterday that i was going to be seeing a spike due to a large amount of driving that I had to do today. The doctors went well... and i managed to get my blood work done at the same time. Other than a possible minor infection... nothing really to worry about. 

Work went by fairly quickly and when i got home we had Jersey Mikes for dinner. I suggested we go to the beach this evening and Katie was into it so we went down to Charlestown and caught the sunset. On the way back we stopped at the new Shake Shack and grabbed a couple of shakes. Now we are home and Katie just went to bed. It's about 10:10pm (2 hours later than my normal writing this week.

This weekend we have a lot going on. Tomorrow morning we are taking Ash and Matchy to get their nails trimmed... Then relaxing for the majority of the afternoon. I don't have anything planned really... and i don't think Katie does either... but tomorrow night we are heading over a friends house to watch movies. Sunday Morning we have acupuncture and i have to work for a few hours from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM... then if all goes well I'll be seeing my parents as they should be back from their trip by 6:00 PM. 

I'm going to be heading to bed in a little while. I don't have anything I'm waiting on... I'm just hoping to wrap up a couple of things around the house first before i go to bed. 

No known side effects that i can think of with the Chantix today... And considering I usually smoke between 30 and 40 cigarettes on a Friday night... being under a pack is a great start... and it's also encouraging for my quit date

That's all for today


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