The incedibly mundane and rare ramblings of Benji

Good morning all, It may or may not still be morning when I post this, but it is always morning somewhere I guess. Startling observation skills right? Anyway, I haven't had a cigarette for a little over 7 days. Most of the weird physical symptoms are gone. No tingly fingers. My stomach still feels a bit weird. And strangely suffering shortness of breath now. The excessive mucous has dropped to pre quitting levels, and I'm generally feeling okay. This is not turning out as exciting as I'd hoped. Sorry about that imaginary readers. The main thing that is getting me at the moment is the taste of the inside of my own mouth. It is not flash. I am craving sweet drinks all of the time. Particularly red bull type things. I have avoided them so far, as I don't want to replace one stimulant addiction with another, and add a sugar issue too. What is good for quitting? Doing stuff. Go to the gym, or for a walk. On Friday we went to a waterfall and a small local mountain. There ...

Hi there, It has been a while, so I thought it was time for an update. Also, my need for use of written language has reduced in recent times so I'm using this to practice. Why is that you ask... Many changes have occurred since I was last on here. My long distance relationship has become a short distance one, so the need for letter and email writing has been replaced by the ability to talk to each other every single day. It is a wonderful thing. More on that later. I have also gone from a job that required plenty of reading and writing to one that requires machinery operation. The downside of that being that I am much better at reading and writing than forklift driving. So what has changed in the last couple of month? Pretty much everything. Firstly, moved from Melbourne to Wodonga to live with my wonderful fiancee Jessica. I've started a new job. My parents  came to visit for our engagement party. And, the big news, our engagement party was actually our wedding. Jessic...