Trucks and Tobacco

Whew, has it been a week!

So I helped my cousin move on Wednesday, she's moving from her current place to a town about 50 miles north, so its quite a bit of change.  The area is more rural and it is far prettier than suburban Ohio.  Luckily, its close to me, so the family cookouts wont be so far away.  My Uncle (her dad) was there, so it was the first time I got to see him in over a year.  Thank goodness I showed up early, poor Uncle Roger was not looking forward to lifting all of those bookcases and dressers by himself.

Anyway, three exams today.  One in music in western culture, one in physics, and one in political science.  Started at 8 am and it was one after another.  I know that I messed up some questions on the music exam.  A song was played for us, and we had to name the composer, the name of the song,  I couldn't remember the order of the proper mass, and I got two composers confused.

Political science was much easier, I mean, I love politics and that sort of thing, so I really pay attention in class.  Physics was what is was.  I studied, I knew the math, and I feel pretty good about it.  Now that they are done and over with, I am feeling a lot better.  Just went home and relaxed, took a couple of Tylenol for my knees, and had a great nap.

I opened an empty can of my old pipe tobacco in the room today, and it had an excellent aroma and made the room smell quite pleasant.  Got me back on a pipe smoking kick, and took out my pipe which I hadn't smoked in quite a while.  The old tastes and aromas were a welcome break from the stresses of the week, and it suddenly came back to me why I started in the first place.

I enjoy my pipe smoking, and I know the whole "cancer" thing.  I gave up cigarettes and I intend to keep doing so.  I understand that it is bad for me, but it is no worse than the crap that is in our food anyway.  And it isn't as bad for you, since you don't (well, you shouldnt) inhale.  A pipe smoking session takes a long time if you do it right, so its not something that you can do a whole lot of a day, like you can with cigarettes.

Anyway, so I went to my old tobacco website and sifted through some new brands, new pipes and the like.  Next time I come into some extra spending money, I just may get some new leaf and blow some smoke rings for old times' sake.