She's down to 6 now.  Recently I had let her choose to lower the amount of cigarettes she's been smoking, but a month went by and she had done nothing.  So, I said to her "Nope, now it's MY turn, and I will keep lowering your cigarettes until there's zero."  See, she's been diagnosed with emphysema (a week from tomorrow is her recheck) and I told her, "You're going to end up on oxygen".  Well, she doesn't want that, but she's not made a single choice to quit.  We started at 10 (from 20 over a year ago) and now we're down to six.  

So, other day she says to me "I smoke only half cigarettes now.  But I can't make any more half cigarettes, so you better not lower them again."  I pulled a "mom" on her and made her stupid noise she loves to make at people when she thinks they're being stupid. It's like a "ha" sound, but louder.  Like a weird giggle.  And I said "Of course I will.  I will be cutting them down until you get to zero."  She said "You can't do that!"  I replied "Oh yes, I can and I will be doing that.  I already told you."  She says "I will do it myself.  I will cut myself down."  Methinks she forgot that she already tried that shit on me.  I laughed and said "No you won't.  I already let you do that.  And you didn't do anything at all.  I gave you an entire MONTH and you did nothing".  She said "Well, I was going to." I put down the plate I was washing and looked her straight in the face and said "No you were not.  You literally told me you weren't even going to try.  That you weren't going to worry about it right now.  So do not lie to me like that.  I know how much you love to lie to me."  

She said "What?"  So I said it louder for the people in the back "I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LIKE TO LIE TO ME, MOM.  DO YOU NEED TO ME TO SAY IT LOUDER?"  She just shut the door (she was going to smoke).  She wasn't angry, as she doesn't get angry anymore.  She just knew she was beat and couldn't argue her "point" anymore.  So, we are down to six cigarettes.  I've bought her last bag of tobacco and I will be making the ENTIRE bag at once, so I can ration them out to get her to zero.  We are done with this.  I am done with this.  And now she will be a former smoker until she dies.  I can FINALLY have my windows open in the kitchen, for once.  Sigh.  I am very, very happy about this.  

Next week she needs a new ID to go to the appointment.  So, she will be getting her haircut and I will be getting her a new birth certificate so she can get her ID.  BUT in order to do that, I need to have her valid ID.  SIGH.  Why???  Ugh.  I am going to do a deep dive search for her license, but I don't think it's here.  Not sure where it went, but it's been missing for over a year.  So, I am not sure what to do.  

Anyways, I will contact them to see how this is going to work.  I will go there and ask questions first, and then I will come back with her and have everything ready.  But I need to get it all done ASAP so we can go to her appointment.  

But that's it for now.  It's Minecraft time with my family so I have to go.