I'm back.

So… that possible exciting news that I didn’t want to talk about for fear of jinxing it?  Pretty sure that it isn’t going to happen, so we’re just going to forget that I ever mentioned anything about it.  Ha. 

I apologize for my absence last week.  I had a ton going on, and I just really couldn’t find the time to crank out a blog every day.  But I’m back now, so all can once again be right with the world.

I have decided to attempt to stop biting my nails. 

I have chewed my nails since I was a baby, and it’s gross and I don’t want to do it anymore. Every time I go home to see my parents, Daddy thumps me in the jaw and tells me to get my fingers out of my mouth at least five times.  I’m almost 28.  That’s kind of embarrassing.

Plus, quitting is on my Bucket List.

This would be way, way easier had I not recently quit smoking. (Sorry to those of you who are shocked by the fact that I smoked.)  I started when I was 18, and have been an on-again/off-again smoker for the better part of 10 years.  These past few years, I have smoked pretty heavily.  And like chewing my nails, I decided that it was gross and I didn’t want to do it anymore.

It has been a month since my last cigarette, and I really think that this time, I am finished for good.  If I can quit now, with all the mess and stress I have going on, I have no excuse to ever pick up a cigarette again.

I honestly think it will be harder to quit chewing my nails than it was to quit smoking.  

In order to smoke, I have to have cigarettes.  It is easy to not have cigarettes. 

But to bite my nails?  I simply need my hands.  And I’m kind of stuck having them in close proximity to me.  When I catch myself really wanting a cigarette, I usually chew my nails as a distraction.  That makes this way more complicated.

I have tried all the common remedies for nail biting. 

I have dipped my fingers in hot sauce at the beginning of the day. That definitely keeps my fingers out of my mouth.  By 9:30 a.m. I am holding my face underneath a sink attempting to flush the said hot sauce out of my eye. 

I have tried fingernail polish.  All that leads to is really ugly, chipped paint on my nails and unfortunate nail-polish flecks all in my teeth. 

Anyone have any helpful ideas?  I am determined to make this happen.  And I haven’t bitten them at all in two days, but I’m not sure that sheer will power is going to lead to a victory in this particular situation. 

They’re mocking me.