what a REAL discussion...i could use one of those
Over the past few weeks I have cried more than I have in years...aloha does NOT cry. I just feel so damn sad sometimes. i have the sense that it has to do with feeling what I really feel for the first time in a quite a while. Not that I havent been feeling, and expressing those feelings all along. Just I think maybe I am not running to a cig when the feelings get too uncomfortable.
I had an amazing exchange with my youngest son last week. His girlfriend and her son were going to come over for a barbeque. He and I had marinated some things, I had gotten some other things ready. Then my son told me plans had changed, he was going to take the barbeque over there. I swore at him! He looked at me, we exchanged some words, then he walked away.
I went in my room and cried..remember, aloha does NOT cry. I let myself acknowledge that I was disappointed. I wanted them to come over, I am lonely. Boy, that is so hard to say. I am so much The Independent Woman. This was not the first time I have cried lately..it is so weird. As soon as he came back upstairs, saying he did not appreciate my swearing at him, I was apologizing to him, telling him there was no excuse for that. He accepted the apology, but then, here is another really amazing part (other than me swearing at him and acknowledging to myself that I am lonely)....I told him how since I quit smoking I have felt like crying so often, and told him that I was really disapointed and not angry, but anger is so much easier to feel than hurt, and he understood. Just saying those real feelings out loud seems like so much progress to me, instead of being the tough girl...not to mention the crying.....lol
hope this has not been too much whining for anyone
-aloha
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]3/22/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 63
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,520
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $428.40
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 8 [B]Hrs:[/B] 19 [B]Mins:[/B] 23 [B]Seconds:[/B] 9