Over the last few months, I have drastically cut down on my drinking. Yay for me! I still like to drink and do so on occasion with friends. For the most part, I have basically tried to eliminate the getting drunk aspect of drinking. Bad things seem to happen, and life just feels better and more manageable without recurrent hangovers.
But tonight, or should I say last night, I went to a local bar to meet up with a friend. I had a really really long day at SafeCo and decided to go with a double vodka tonic instead of my usual single. The bartender at this particular bar knows me and gives me discounts and whatnot. So after I ordered my drink, I watch in pull out a pint glass, put a small scoop of ice in it, fill it maybe 4/5 the way with vodka and add just a splash of tonic water on top. I shook my head, realizing that it would be pretty much my only drink of the night. Once I had paid, the bartender leaned forward and hollered over the din of music, "Be careful, sweetie. I used the 100-proof vodka."
Yeah, great. Not only was I drinking a pint glass almost purely full of vodka, it was extra-crazy strong vodka. Needless to say, in half an hour, I was wasted. I understand that the bartender was trying to be nice and give me more bang for my buck, but now here I sit at 7 something in the morning, unable to sleep because of a nasty case of cottonmouth and a pounding headache. All I really wanted yesterday after a difficult day at work was to relax and get a good night's sleep.
Blech, I just wish I could SLEEEEEEP!
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