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The mother of all hangovers

by Jennifer Jordan (Subscribe to Jennifer Jordan's posts)
Nov 29th 2007 8:33PM

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Filed under: Places To Go, Alcohol & Drugs

I have a hangover. I haven't had one for years--literally. This makes perfect sense, however, because I also haven't consumed alcohol the way I did last night in several years. Well before I even thought about getting pregnant I decided to give up drinking to be as healthy as possible for when I tried to conceive. Last night I made up for it in spades.

I won't bother you with the gory details of how much and what I drank. Regardless, it was too much. Way too much. And I knew it would be the moment I took the first shot--actually, before that, when I ordered the shot. But, I'd been super stressed out at work and was meeting up with some of my dearest friends who were former colleagues I don't get to see very often.

One drink lead to another, and another, and some really good stories, and, well, you can imagine the rest.

The worst part of it was not how poorly I felt this morning, when I had to be at work by 8:00 in order to prepare for a presentation I was basically giving by myself, the first one at my new job = it had to be GOOD. The worst part was that I felt like I let my baby down. In the old days I would skip the morning run, sleep in a little longer, take something to help me if I needed to get with it. This morning, I couldn't really do any of that.

Well, I did pop two Excedrin, and even though they probably came back up, those suckers work FAST. I felt better in a flash. I managed to get myself together, do the presentation, be nice to people all day and then tend to my son, who is now feeling a little under the weather himself (not due to a hangover).

This was not the worst hangover I've ever had, but it did teach me a lesson I already knew: don't over do it. I'm responsible for someone else now who needs me more than ever, and I can't afford to be turning my attentions to myself when I suffer at my own hand.

I had a good time though. A darned good time. Next time--for there will be a next time, we've already planned it--I'l stick to my two drink maximum and drink lots of water in between. And eat dinner.

My husband was actually really nice about the whole thing and was like, "Ok, do this, then that followed by that." And he was right.

Now, I'm going to bed. Seriously--I got like four hours of sleep!!!

Pic of a cat who feels worse than I did by cutglassdecanter.

Tags: Excedrin, hangover

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