Enjoying springtime in January!

We can all enjoy the mild temperatures to ease on the bulking of extra layers of our jackets, and take away some of our shoveling responsibilities, yay!  While I am still enjoying the smoking ban in public places, it still looks as ridiculous as ever to see a huddle of people puffin' away.  Yeah, yeah it's an addiction, I know... I am the dreaded EX-SMOKER!!  =o  You know, the one who asks you why you smoke because it's so stupid?  That's me. 

When I got to work the other day, there were three people having a smoke outside our building here on Fort.  I work with these three, and greeted them as I got closer.  After wishing them a Happy New Year, and getting my wish back, I quickly added that I would've thought they would've quit smoking as their New Year's resolution.  Their original smiles dwindled, and as I walked on I said, "Happy thoughts..."  Yes, bitchy for sure, and I felt a bit badly until I spoke to our morning security guard.  I asked him if he smokes, and told him about the bitchy-Sharon my co-workers had just encountered.  He told me no, that he had never smoked in his life.  He told me this in his whispered delivery; he has polyps in his throat that have taken his voice away for now.  He told me that second hand smoke has been the cause of his condition.  Suddenly, I didn't feel as badly about my earlier comments to my co-workers, and was assured that my ex-smoker tendencies to call out current smokers were all good.  Hey, if you can't quit for yourself do it for the rest of us who want to make the most of what we've got. 

Isn't bitchy-Sharon cute??  lol!!