made it to 10 days b"H. the trip went really well and b"H those 2 days helped me get past day 9 and 10 uneventfully. Day 8 was a struggle, i almost fell, was extremely close, too close in fact, but remembering the taphsic fence and the 500 dollars that i stand to lose was a HUMONGOUS help and pretty much got me out of it. i did my tehillim, went on to gye and was about to calla friend but instead went to the beis medrash an then went out with some friends. When i got home later, i was safe b"H. 2 keys raboisai, 1- get out and be social in times of crisis or near crisis. and 2- push off the yetzer hara as long as you can, even a drop and you may be safe afterwards. B"H yeshiva will be starting on motzei shabbos and i will iy"H be safe there. In the meantime, i hope to stay busy tomorrow and Friday and iy"H bein hazmanim will be a 13 day success! This is the best i have done since bein hazmanim began and i am pumped to get to 90 iy"H!!