A Little Hungover

Last evening Emily and I went out to Turkovich winery for our club member wine pickup. They provide food and tastings for all members at pickup. Food is always quite good, wine depends on your taste but I would say half of last nights were good. Anyhow, plenty rich food and 8 or so very small glasses of wine. Of course, as I mentioned yesterday, Barb and Kirk, our friends (Barb is Emily’s bestie) went with us. They have 1000 bottles in their cellar. They belong to the Turkovich cheese club. They don’t need more wine. Getting back on topic, I drank my share and ate a small plate of rich food. We went across the street later and had Mexican food. I had a large glass of Sangria.

After returning home, i managed to get all ready for bed. I was sleepy. Or drunk. Ended up, I woke up at 1230 and i was already hungover. Remember, I have not had any alcohol for the last month whileni was trying to lose the last few pounds on my diet. So, I guess what little I drank had a huge effect on me. I ended up taking a sleeping pill so i could get back to sleep. Woke up this morning and felt like crap. A pill/wine combo nasty feeling. It amazes me how easily you can forget that u need to take things easy in situations like above. But, of course, I have those two bottles of Bourbon and wine I opened yesterday to at least try. I see trouble brewing. If I try to hold it to one small glass of wine, really try, I think I will be ok. You’d think with all the pro drinkers in my family I could handle this. Obviously, you would be thinking wrong.

In spite of how I felt, I got up earlier than usual by fifteen minutes. So I easily got the dogs and cats fed, Emily fed and coffeed and lunched, before she was ready to leave. I had my breakfast (yogurt, yay) and coffee before she left. She did take extra time getting ready, its picture day. But still I moved quickly.

Once she had left I sat around for a few then decided to invite Cissie over for coffee. Of course, she is back home in Tacoma. She said she would be here in a few minutes. So then we texted for half an hour. Fills the morning well.

I had to get ready and go to work. Nothing else to do. The drive to work was amazing. I was in lane number 2 from Dixon when I merged on the freeway all the way thru Sacramento to my exit. I was never below 70 or above 80 mph. It was crazy, I never had to move around anyone or even get out of the way. Never happened before that i can remember.

I had a very slow day at work. I managed to work on several things but was unable to complete anything. Happens to often, but inam used to it. I was at work till about 6. Had to leave cuz I am in charge of picking up dinner. I get texts from a local place with whatever hot deal they have for the day. Today you got three free rolled tacos if you bring a frind. Nice. So I went there for dinner. And they gave me two orders of rolled tacos for free. Why, i dont know. I got some other food as well to fill out our dinner menu. Truly a feast.

We decided to open up the two bottles of whiskey I received from my club. We had a few tastes before dinner and for that matter with dinner and after. I added in another bottle I had just for comparison sake. Well, lines were drawn and favorites chosen. In the end, we both liked the same bourbon. Seemed obvious to me. Its fun to have stuff like that to do. Breaks up the day and makes it special. Adds something extra or different to your day.

After all the whiskey and rich food its time for bed. Yes, its only 830, but I love getting to sleep. Im tired now. And to quote my friend Cissie, you can never have too much sleep. Well, maybe u can but I slept really poorly last night. And I would like to get better sleep. As always, I have lots to do tomorrow.