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I am a 27 year old married mother of a beautiful, curly headed toddler named Easton and precious (and precocious) puppy named Ritzy. I have 3 blogs. The first blog is our family blog. Enjoy being nosey. Ha! The second blog is for the journey we have embarked on for our puppy. At almost 5 years old, our sweet Ritzy was diagnosed with calcium oxalate bladder stones. He had surgery to remove the stones. This blog is to document (and help others) our journey in saving Ritzy so he gets the long and healthy life he deserves. The third blog is for my "professional" life. It references my lovely Etsy store and all of the loveliness that inspires me on the wonderful world of Etsy
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Saturday, April 18, 2009

My name is Kami and I am an addict.

I haven't updated the blog. I am sorry, I haven't have time. We had a lovely Easter. I have precious pictures from Easter, Easton wore the cutest outfit EVER and I have pictures from a precious play date. But I have not updated the blog. Why haven't I updated, you ask? Because I am suffering from an illness, an addiction.
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It all started the weekend before Easter. My introduction to my latest drug. I was hit and sucked in.
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I feel like I have been living a double life. Or rather, one that doesn't include my real world anymore. I am involved with characters with whom the likes I never thought I would encounter. I am intrigued, I am pulled, I am obsessed.
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I have my feasting on my latest addiction and enjoying the "high".
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This afternoon I finished a "high". I couldn't get my next fix quite yet because we had friends to visit with. After the visit, I begged Ryan to help me acquire my next fix. He reluctantly agreed.
I ran and ran and I searched and scoured and my next fix could not be found. I begrudgingly came back to the car, starting to sweat, I had to get my fix tonight. The desire was going to kill me. But I have a family. I have to think about them, I cannot continue to neglect them.
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So we went home and I tried to put my desire at bay by focusing on my family, I put my sweet baby boy to bed. I call my mother, I told her that I could only talk briefly because I was in search of my next fix. She gasped in disbelief, she didn't know my addiction had gotten this bad. I didn't even say goodbye to my husband before I ran out the door.
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It was 9:15 at night.
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I made a second stop, I searched and scoured - to no avail. I drove across town and made another stop - I didn't even acknowledge the smiling faces that greeted me, I didn't have time for them. I made my way to where I knew I could acquire the object of my desire. Nothing, gone. My hands started to tremble and my stomach started tying itself up into knots.
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"I could always quench my thirst tomorrow after church", I thought to myself on my way back to my car. But no, I couldn't do that. I would be sweating all through church, I wouldn't be able to concentrate, I wouldn't be able to breathe!
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Then it hit me as I got into my car, I checked the clock on my dashboard, 9:52 it read. "I might still have time", I said aloud. I always talk to myself, this was not a side effect of my latest drug.
I raced and sped and threw myself out the car door and noticed a sign on the door of my next stop, "Close at 10:00" and looked up at the large clock on the building, 9:58. I had two minutes, I didn't even need one minute, I knew what I wanted, what I needed....
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I whipped open the door, feeling cooler, knowing that I would soon feel the satisfaction of feeding my hunger. And there it was, waiting just for me.
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I threw myself at the cashier and smacked down my treasure, "I am so ashamed", I told her as she laughed. "Why is that?" she asked and I told her I had been to three other stores in search of my latest fix. She said she understood, I hoped that she truly did. I had no problem forking over the $21.19 for my precious jewel, I knew my satisfaction would be worth it. The wait would be over, I would again feel my "high". There I was, walking to my car in possession of my drug, my literary crack.
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Yup. I said it, literary crack.
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I got home and my husband raced up the steps, "Where in the heck have you been!?" and I told him my story. He shook his head in disgust. I told him he didn't understand, I couldn't help it, I was in too deep.
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"You need a life" my husband scoffed at me as I watched him walk to his favorite place to relax, with my copy of "Twilight" in his hand. I laughed. Looks like he and I share the same drug of choice.
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I will update the blog soon with light, silly commentary and sweetie pie Easton pictures soon. Right now I am devouring my latest conquest, "Eclipse"....don't bother me. ;-)

2 comments:

Mandy said...

You are not alone, my friend!! I distinctly remember sitting in front of Evie, feeding her with one hand and turning pages of "Twilight" with the other - and my husband's look of disgust!!! lol

Yvonne, Raven and Michael Turpin said...

You are a big dork! I love you, and if this doesn't stop, I'm staging an intervention!!