Alright... I know I haven't been updating this as often as I should have but heres an update anyways. I've been smoking them pretty loyally, and have actually grown accustom to the smell of cigarettes. I can maybe even say I "like" it. I have about a pack and a half to smoke left. I would say I was addicted.

If you could scale addiction to where 0 is not addicted at all and 10 is crack fiend addicted, i'd say I was conservatively a 5 maybe 5.5. I get cravings, and get cranky if I haven't smoked in a while. i've been doing laundry almost every ****ing weekend though, because there are still some people I don't want to know I smoke.

I will probably smoke a pack extra before the 17th, and then i'll quit cold turkey, but I'm starting to feel like I don't want to quit. For some reason, it gives me a social key when I'm out smoking with a few buddies. I've made new friends, (smokers of course), and they're all really cool. They'll call me to go out and smoke, and I'll do the same. Just now we were throwing the football back and forth before and after a cig.

I don't get that initial "high" anymore, but I do get a slight buzz if I eat a full meal and suck one down really quick.

Overall I'd say quitting is going to be a challenge, but one I'm still sure I can overcome. Definitely noticed a decrease in my lung capacity and my ability to make the most of every breath. BIG difference. I also break a sweat a lot easier, and when I powerwalk to class when i'm late I'm actually out of breath. Though that is most recently and could be attributed to the rise in tempurature. Either way...the bet is well underway and I'm ahead of my planned schedule.