Well I first of all want to thank everyone who has encouraged me, and recognized what I'm about to do. I thank you all for your comments, your advice, and some of you for sharing your past experiences with me on the subject of quitting smoking.

When I finished up writing last night, I had 17 cigarettes left. And almost exactly 24 hours later, I now have 10.

I woke up this morning earlier than usual and hopped in the car. Of course if you've smoked before you know hopping in the car and first thing in the morning are two of the key times that one smokes.

So as I'm driving this morning realizing that my smoking days are coming to an end, I thought to myself, "I need to cut this back as much as possible." So on any other day of the week I would have normally smoked two cigarettes on this length of a drive, but today I only smoked one.

I smoked another cigarette at home before I went on another road trip for the day. And on this road trip I smoked a few more.

Now I know this sounds like alot of smoking and you're probably just a bit disappointed right now after hearing that I was quitting, and now reading that I'm still smoking. But what I promised you out of this was complete honesty AND that I would finish my last 17 cigs!

And for today, I did cut back, I do feel the end very near, but I did still smoke. I will most likey smoke two more cigarettes tonight, which will pretty much completes my smoking by the end of tomorrow night...that's when this reading will get better I'm sure.

My spirits are good, and I have felt just a bit tense about this today, but I know that I'm ready and I'm preparing myself more than ever. I have read just about every hub on hubpages that I could find regarding the subject of quitting smoking and have found a few really good ones thanks to a few of you.

I will get into more detail about my day tomorrow and explain how the day actually goes and what my thinking is about smoking, but for today, other than making the decision to NOT smoke a few times when I normally would have smoked, it's been pretty normal.

You might be interested to know though that tomorrow I have planned to clean out my car. I plan to completely detail the inside of my car in an effort to try to knock out the smell of cigarettes in it. Wish me luck and I'll let you know whether that actually happens or not!

Other than that, I have some stinky/smelly/smokey laundry to do and a few cigarette lighters to pitch out to prepare for my biggest day so far on Wednesday. Thank you for reading and I apologize if you are sitting here disappointed with the read right now.

I didn't really feel that I should post anything today, but after all of your comments and encouragement and my promises to keep you updated, I felt like I had to! AND THAT my friends is exactly why I have put this out in front of you all!

Again I want to thank you for your support, and thank you for reading. Tomorrow will definitely be a bit more interesting! And Wednesday, for sure! So it's 7:44pm EST on Monday, May 18th, 2009, I have 10 cigarettes left, and I'm gearing up for the big day!

I hope you all have a good night! ~ Scott