I have had the last two days off. I do enjoy days off, especially after working all day Saturday and Sunday and an extra 12 to 15 hours during the week. At the moment I am trying to busy myself as much as possible, so quitting smoking will become much easier. The way I see it, the more I have to do, the easier it will be to quit smoking, as most of my addiction is related to boredom. So, if I can remedy my boredom, it seems logical that I can quit smoking too. Today I arose at about 10:30, chilled with a cup of coffee and the paper for a bit, before venturing down the street to buy a pair of trackpants. With this done, I went for a ride around the lake and then came home, chilled again before riding my bike out to the swimming pool for a half hour dip. I only did just over thirty laps, which is pretty crap as I was planning on doing around 50. But I came home and washed and vacuumed the car like mum asked and then had noodle box for dinner. So I really didn't pack that much into my day, tomorrow I will see if I can do more.

I really feel that I have too much time on my hands. The past week has been great sunny weather and most of it I have spent sitting around the house smoking and listening to music. I only went to the gym once this week. The only cardio exercise I have done is about 40 minutes of bike riding today. On the plus side I did some reading this afternoon. I was reading a John Grisham book called the Chamber. It is funny how, since the reduction, I am finding it far easier to read. Anyway, today I read the paper, went for that ride, did some reading, bought my brother some lunch, went down the street with him while he bought some hair products. Nothing exciting. I really need to pack more into my week days, do more things. I have no time for anything over the weekend because I work about fifteen hours. It is during the week, where I only work three to six hour shifts at night that I have the days free to do whatever the hell I want. That might be my goal for next week, to achieve some more things. I am thinking, however, of resuming my Information Technology course at TAFE or possibly university. I have been perusing through some maths textbooks to see if I can get up to scratch in maths before tackling something like a Computer Science course at RMIT or maybe just Ballarat University. I go to work tonight, probably only for three hours in about an hour, so I better head off.