Day 3 Post of Day 2

End of Day 2

So… Today. Well. I got over my mental stumbling block, packed away a fool’s pride and made my call to Social Assistance to make an appointment. So I achieved one major goal that I had for the week. The funny thing is that I may already have a job though there are details to be sorted that I can’t really share here yet. Another online friend asked what I was up to these days? He’s the Principal of a major Government Relations firm and a big Liberal. I’m hoping I answered well enough!

Hence my need to create a public record and as a friend recently suggested, be the boy in the bubble! I’m living out lout for sure but I truly hope that what I experience can be of help to those in similar situations. Perhaps you’ve quit smoking and have tips to share? Perhaps you read something I write and it inspires you. I’m hoping for a symbiotic relationship here.

I bought a pack of cigarettes. I had planned to quit (though it wasn’t a choice really) as my money ran out. But I came into a few dollars and well, I was off to the store to ease the pangs. I’m trying to phase it out. I have to read Allan Carr’s book again.

Today I also finished Mitch Albom’s book The Five People You Meet in Heaven and read the first 50 pages of Tuesdays with Morrie. What fantastic books. Totally worth a read and he is such a great writer from a readability perspective. Being a sports journalist certainly formed his writing style and Five People certainly requires some suspension of disbelief or faith but if you just read away, they’re beautiful little books with excellent life lessons. I’ve also read One More Day and would recommend that as well.

It’s Thanksgiving Weekend and so I think I will say thanks all weekend for a few things. Of course top of mind is to be thankful that my mother’s cancer is of a treatable form and that my parents live here in London, home of excellent health care and cancer care, as good as any in the world. I am thankful that I have been here at home during the diagnosis and the start of treatment. I am extremely thankful for my father’s patience and for his quiet and stoic dedication to our family. I aspire to be as good a man.

I also want to express my gratitude to the experiences I have had this year. It has been trying. It has given me perspective. It has reconnected me with my parents. It has helped in a perverse way to strengthen my relationship with my brother and cause me to admire his hard work and dedication. Thanks.

And of course I am thankful for all my friends who have given me moral support and tough love.

Now I better keep some back so that I have more to share over the weekend – it’s a long one!

Today I ate well, particularly for me. I did have one too many coffees but it’s a Friday! ;-) A guy’s got to live a little. I had a nice big bowl of Shredded Wheat and All Bran Buds with a teaspoon of honey. For lunch I had a box of Kraft Dinner with two all beef Ball Park franks, not the greatest but not the worst either. Dinner was also pasta, but with fresh and sun-dried tomatoes, capers and Tuna. A bit of bad planning on my part but I certainly got my share of Carbs today! Need more fruit! I also started with a nice big glass of OJ.