El Bandito

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Great decision Sergeant A! Brilliant.

Great job Scott.

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8 Evenin'

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Great work!

Soaked and binned and then honestly never crossed my mind until I posted here...

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D D! Fantastic work out of you. In this place and another, there is not a day in my quit when you were not there. Thank you. Congratulations on 11 months!

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Marti Thank you sweetheart. Put all the energy into the healing please. We can hug once she is better. The silver lining is that I had motive (woe is me I'm stressed) and opportunity (found pack of favourite brand) and really only had a fleeting thought of a smoke. When the chips were down, I wanted the quit more than the smoke. All should take strength from that I think.

Yep I mean NOPE... Oh you know what I mean!

Jeepers Jenny. That is proper scary.

There is a truism in golf. Whenever you miss a shortish putt, you can guarantee that on the next hole you will be faced with a similar shot...it is a psychological war! Tomorrow, La Bandita and I are flying to Prague for a few days. I used to live there, and La B has never been. Tomorrow will be her 10 months from quitting. All good. This morning I had a text from my Mum. She lives alone in Cyprus. She is in hospital. A nose that won't stop bleeding. She has COPD. Not quite so good. I spoke with her and her nose has been packed, (very painful, I'm told) and she is likely to be there for a few days. We discussed me coming to Cyprus and decided no. Not right now. However, clearly some big discussions and decisions will need to be made pretty soon. Still with me? Finally..the test. As you may imagine, I'm concerned about my Mum. Worried. Stressed. Upset. Yep all of those. I started packing for the trip to Prague and dug out a good coat, suitable for a Czech winter. What should be in the pocket? Why 20 Rothmans of course. Feeling stressed, La Bandita out, just me and this unexpected packet of cigarettes. What else could possibly happen? I opened the packet, pulled the foil, and held the packet under the tap, before throwing them in the bin. How the **** was a cigarette going to help me?

NOPE

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Great comeback Jackie! Well done

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Good work Evelyn! 477 Euro saved! Nice.

Great work! Congratulations on 2 months

Holidays are fun. Even more fun when you do not have to put them on hold every 20 minutes for a smoke break.