Smoking, it can kill 'ya!

Yes, I confess, I am a smoker. I wish I weren’t. I've tried to quit, and will try again, but for now I am a smoker. I try to be polite about my smoking. I don't smoke near anyone (except other smokers), I never smoke where children can see me, and I always feel guilty when I smoke. Plus I don't smoke on Shabbat or Yom Tov. Granted sometimes I'm making a break for the smokes as soon as I can after Havdalah some nights, but for the most part I can make it a day with no problem.

Today, as I casually glanced at my calendar to make sure all preparations had been made for the High Holy Days, it finally hit me; Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. When we start Rosh HaShanah on Wednesday night I won't be able to smoke again until Saturday night (approximately 7:30-7:45pm) and Sunday is the Fast of Gedalia from Sunrise to Sunset so no smoking then. And then I start thinking about how stupid it is to go the Ten Days of Repentance asking HaShem to seal my name in the Book of Life while I'm smoking a cigarette, so I could, theoretically go from the evening of September 12 until the evening of September 22, smoke free (and somewhat more guilt free than usual), at which point I may as well quit entirely.

Then again Sukkot will be just around the corner and smoking near a Sukkah can be a very dangerous prospect, so there could be eight more days...

Maybe I should check on the patch and see how that works.

Any way in case anyone is actually reading my blog nowadays, L'shana Tova everyone! May this be a sweet new year for us all!