Dry January Days - I

I've decided to give up alcohol for the month of January. Not such a big thing, you might think, but since I normally have a drink at least every other day, and January has 31 days in it, that's probably 20 sessions I will be missing out on. I don't get roaring drunk every night, but I am concerned that I am drinking more than is good for me. And on a couple of occasions I have gone into work the following day feeling a bit 'jaded' - especially if I've hit the whisky.
Luckily I finished all the red wine in the house last night, so that particular temptation is out of the way. There are three small stubbies in a cupboard, but they're not cold, so I'm hoping that will act as a deterrent. The trouble is that they're so small, I will think that they don't really count as alcohol, so won't have any trouble in drinking them.
One thing I am worried about is that I will become short-tempered with Mrs. Treb and Trebina, but I shall ask for some leniency. I'm planning on posting regularly to log my triumphs / failings, and to document the trip as I dry out - I guess I've had residual booze in my blood for the last ten years or so...!
Benefits I am hoping to see are:
i) an improved bank balance, as I don't spend any money on alcohol. I'd say I might save £20 - £25 per week, and
ii) an improved waistline, as the fatty deposits are eaten up. I weighed 14 stones at the beginning of last year, and while I got this down to 13, I wasn't able to make any more headway. I think a month off the booze might kickstart the diet again.
Hopefully I'll get more reading done, and feel better all round.
Let's see how it goes.
TTFN.

Celebrating an Achievement

I'd like to record for posterity the fact that my daughter slept until 07:00 today. Normally, The Little Munch (TLM) sleeps until 06:00 - or, since GMT kicked in, 05:15 - and then we bring her into our bed until we get up at 06:30. On Sunday morning, TLM awoke as usual at 05:00, and I told The Wife (TW) that it was far to early to get up, and TLM was being unreasonable. Therefore, the correct course of action was to let her cry until a) she went back to sleep, or b) it was time to get up. I went into the cot room, held TLM and comforted her, then put her back in her cot. I closed TLM's bedroom door and our bedroom door in order to reduce the impact of the banshee-like screams, and went back to bed.
After approx. 30 minutes, TW couldn't take any more, and TLM was coughing as well, The Wife was concerned she was going to be sick. So TW got up with her. That was fine, I dozed off for a bit. Then we rose at about 07:00.
Fast forward to this morning. TLM woke at 05:10m, as per usual. I went in to pick her up, comfort her, assure her that we hadn't all been destroyed in a nuclear blast during the night, or fallen victim to a gang of wandering flesh-eating zombies. Then I put her back in her cot, left the room, closed the door, and...
Before I got back into our bedroom, TLM had stopped crying. When I went to check on her at 06:10, she was asleep. Result!

The Endless Possibilities

Ahhh, the endless possibilities of starting a new blog. All this empty server space, calling out to be filled... But with what? That is the question. Should I record my life as a high-class callgirl in the throbbing metropolis that we call 'London'? Or perhaps I should log my experiences as an Iraqi living through the wordt of times in the Middle East? I would like to record my own events, but how to make them stand out against the low-level background noise of all the other blogs, calling out for your attention? I could attempt to carefully craft each post, to nuance every word, and wring out all possible meaning from my jottings. Of course, this would mean one post every quarter. I could try to write stream-of-conciousness burble, which might be entertaining for a moment or two. I think the way forward, though, is to have a continuous thread running through out my posts. Whether this means I blog about one subject (e.g., Doctor Who, or toothpaste), or I blog about linked events, I have yet to decide. However, I think I need to make a decision.
TTFN.

Rebranding

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