29/30: RUI

[darkemeralds]

Here's something you don't see every day: a drunk post from darkemeralds.

Okay, not, like, super drunk. After the stupidly annoying Saturday I had to spend at work today (two hours that turned into seven), I rode home in the 90 degrees (dear Phoenix and Las Vegas: I'm not complaining! Really!), then had to put every garment I had on into the laundry basket, take a cold shower, and re-do myself in order to go meet my sis for dinner.

I ordered a drink when I got there. "Gin 'n' Juice" was the homey name of the delectable cocktail that tasted of lime, grapefruit, rosemary and...um...something else yummy. Then I ordered another one.

I'm a cheap date. Two drinks and I'm ridiculous. My sister, a long-recovering alcoholic with a keen eye for "problems" was probably beginning to have doubts about my being the immune family member.

But you know what? It was fun. I talked more readily about more things than I usually do, and it probably doesn't hurt me to over-share a bit with my own sister. Right?

I slowly pedaled the ten or so blocks home on traffic-free back streets. Which, okay, Riding Under the Influence. Inadvisable but not the end of the world. And I did combine the gin with positively prodigious amounts of delicious dinner.

Note to self: balance, locomotion and control are pretty much autonomic: the problem is judgment at intersections.

Home without incident. Now for an evening of dumb TV and knitting. And hydration.

Comments

[bluemeridian]

Note to self: balance, locomotion and control are pretty much autonomic: the problem is judgment at intersections.

*laughs* Yeah, I can see where that would be the case. Glad you made it home safe. :)

[darkemeralds]

The happy juxtaposition of too-hot weather, the typical neighborhood dinner hour, and back streets pretty much cleared the way entirely for me and Eleanor O.

I drink alcohol so rarely that it surprises me every time how super-self-conscious I become, watching my own every move, reminding myself to act normal. LOL.

[kis]

I'm glad you made it home safely! And hope you're not suffering a hangover.

But you know what? It was fun. I talked more readily about more things than I usually do

Yes. I think that's probably the appeal! (It is for me, definitely.)

[darkemeralds]

Nah, no hangover. Two cocktails in the presence of an enormous meal at 6:00 p.m. is a fairly good recipe for full recovery. My terror of self-exposure is what usually limits me to a single drink, but this made a nice change.

[kis]

You made me wonder if avoiding self-exposure isn't something other people read and interpret anyway. Although I don't much like handing other people ammunition either.

[ravurian]

I am all for the occasional indulgence, particularly if it makes you feel relaxed and open and no one gets hurt! What dumb TV were you watching? And how is the knitting coming?

[darkemeralds]

Dawson's Creek. As with most popular shows, binge-watching really makes the cracks and seams evident. Much that one would have forgiven after a week of eagerly waiting to resolve the cliffhanger becomes incredibly tedious. Still, fantastic half-brain watching, evidence of which is that I've finished my blue sweater and it's now pinned to the blocking board, all-but-buttons.

I admire your occasional indulgence--I think you've shared a couple such occasions with me and I've felt rather envious of your willingness to be seen.

[ravurian]

Except, as you pointed out, do I ever genuinely permit myself to be seen?

What's a blocking board?

[darkemeralds]

Oh, I dunno. I seem to recall a tale of one festive evening where certainly something of the Real You would have been visible to your drinking companions. Perhaps they were so busy revealing themselves and worrying about it that the net effect was neutral. Or else the Mutually Assured Destruction clause was invoked.

This is a blocking board:

[jesse_the_k]

That is a lovely, lovely blue. And a lovely design! Buttons or zips?

[darkemeralds]

Buttons:

[tehomet]

the problem is judgment at intersections.

True on more than one level!

I'm glad your sister is far enough along that she has no issue with you drinking in front of her. I can't do that (yet). My brother and sister have issue with me even having Listerine in the house. *sigh*

Anyway - sounds like a fun evening, and I'm glad you got home in one piece.

[darkemeralds]

I've been sort of re-living my past few months be looking over the posts you've replied to today. What fun.

Both of my sisters are in their 20s in "sobriety years" so the presence of alcohol at the table no longer bothers them. We didn't live in the same town back when they got sober, so I'm not sure how it was in their early days, but from what I understand, for a lot of people it does get better.