Day 39

Resumption of activity begins today.

I'm calling this one day 39 even though it is barely 1 hour into the day. I got prompted by a friend to get this party started once again as I have neglected it since day 9. I even had to consult an ordinal calendar to get the day correct.

Life has been cruising along so far in 2009. I had a relatively successful gathering at my house for the Superbowl. It was the first time I had hosted a Superbowl party. Hopefully next year I can get some more people to attend.

I also finally got rid of some old computer equipment that had been hanging around in my possession since my first computer purchase in 1996. That included 2 CRT monitors (one of them was my very first monitor), 2 scanners, and a personal laser printer. I took the desktops and scanners to one place and had to go to another to drop off the monitors and printer. The guys at the first place were cool... they grabbed it, thanked me, and I was on my way. The guy at the other place was actually kind of a dick... he wanted to charge me by the pound to drop the equipment off(!) and then when he saw that I had 2 monitors and 1 printer, he told me that it wasn't even worth it to do the paperwork. I asked him if he was sure and he said it again.

Now one may ask why I thought the guy was a dick, but you had to see the look on his face and hear the tone of his voice to understand that he didn't think much of my little deposit. Also, I have a problem with recyclers who charge consumers to take their discarded materials only to make money on the other end when they sell what they salvage.

But enough about that. I'm starting to go through some of my outdated computer books and some old college textbooks that I never sold back. I'm also throwing in some old paperbacks that I read and really didn't like. So far I've been able to salvage a lot of room on my bookshelf. I have some books in the garage that need to be sorted before I can take them all to the City of Houston Drop-Off Center.

In other news I hit a milestone in my weight loss regimen on day 37, which I find pretty fucking cool. Let's put it this way... for a long time I was a little overweight, but not bad. When I tried to quit smoking in 2005 I gained a lot of weight. I started smoking again and it fell a little bit. I tried to quit again in 2006 and it started to go up again until I started smoking again. It fell a little bit and then I quit again. My weight once again jumped up until I hit the point I where I spent 10 months. So for the past almost 3 years I've been living at a very heavy level and trying to get back to at least where I was before I quit smoking in 2005. If I can get there then I know I can do anything.

For those who may wonder - I quit smoking the last time in May 2007 and have been able to stay that way.

At this point I'm going to have to call it a night as it's late (or rather early). To all of you I bid goodnight and will see you again on Day 40.

PS - I don't have a picture for today - the pictures will resume on day 40.