Thursday, December 22, 2011

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Friday, August 12, 2011

Home

It's caling me. The quiet morning like none I have experienced in some time.

As I stroll out to take in my surroundings, I hear a bird in the distance...then quiet. A quiet that is broken only occassionally by the sound of a jumping trout or a distant log truck. AHHHH...home.

On this quiet morning, the air is thick. So thick that I can see the air skimming the water before me. The ghosts of my past moving before my eyes. For this is the town of my early childhood. Here are the many things among my earliest memories. The first house I recall living in, the ice cream store we visited as teens, the A & W my gramma used to go to to get us root beer.

Not far is the spot where my son was put to rest. His ashes spread among the waves to be carried to sea. he is always with me here...I can feel him with me. Always, but moreso when I am at the ocean he now calls home. He makes this visit bittersweet. His memory lingers here, even though we shared few together here. he loved it nontheless. Where he always wanted to go for a getaway, and where he wanted to rest for eternity. I will join him someday in his eternity, for he got his love of the Pacific Ocean from his mother.

Although my thoughts here are filled with Jeremy, they are also of friends, family, and dreams. Someday, I will live in a costal town; living these memories daily. That is a dream I have had since I left this area.....to return. Return to the area that is the only place I am now at home. If I can smell the Pacific, hear it roar, look out and see rhododendrons growing wild, feel the thick morning air hit my face, then I am home....at least for now.

Friday, April 15, 2011

SOMETHING NEW

I am trying something new. I have been doing it for about a month and think it will improve my health, along with my wallet.
I heard about e-cigarettes and did some research. Going to recommended sites and learning the "lingo" (it is a whole new language, trust me) I learned a lot. After my research I decided on an e-cig that looked about like an analog (regular ol' smoke) but it came in pretty colors! My smokes would mean I was accessorized! I didn't have the $$ to get the one of choice right away,but didn't want to wait. I made a trip to my local 7-11 (by local I mean a 24 mile round trip) and purchased an inexpensive version. Good for trial to see if I really wanted to spend the dough for a "real" one. I wasn't overly impressed with the starter version, but it was enough to let me know that I wanted to do this...I COULD do this!
As soon as my funds were in order I was on the vapor4life.com website placing my first order. I got it a week later and it has literally changed my life. I am now almost a non-smoker. I have usually two analogs a day. One when I first wake up and another when I get home from work. I love these e-cigs! I got two pretty dark purple ones and a green one to use at my computer (it plugs right in to my USB port!)
Now for the flavors. I want to try as many flavors as I can and get (ready for this?) e juice to refill, as it is cheaper than purchasing (here ya go) cartomizers (the part that gives flavor and vapor...looks like a cig filter). I told you it is a whole new language! I ordered a variety of flavor carts and then it was time.....
the second order. Order juice of the flavor Jamey liked the most, new carts, another battery for Jamey (he needed a back-up), and drip tips. I didn't even know what drip tips were for, but they were cheap and came in pretty colors (more accessorizing! YEA!) I ordered teal and red and they threw in an extra teal one for me....awesome. They help aid in the refill process for vaping through a "drip method" (more new language)...ie:cleaner refills.
I don't see this new thing going away any time soon. I like it. What is the best thing about vaping instead of smoking? $$$$$$$ no more spending over $150 a month on smokes. Second best? I CAN DO IT IN PUBLIC PLACES LIKE RESTAURANTS! There is no odor and no harmful chemicals to emit into other people's air space so no one is bitching at me about it...no gov't regulators telling me where I can and can't do it (although the powers that be have banned it from my workplace, but WTH ever).
If you have tried to quit, want to quit or cut down, I highly (did you hear that? HIGHLY ) recommend you give e-cigs a try. You get your nicotine.....no tar, no carbon monoxide.....just the nicotine that your body is craving. Varying levels of nicotine so you can reduce the level of intake GRADUALLY while still getting the oral fixation you need (that covers the habit part). I love these.....hope to be analog free within a couple weeks....wish me luck!