triple crowned

exhausted. pheeeewww. i didn't have to work til noon today and yet i was still up at 8 a.m. after a very late night thanks to my dogsitting charge, bailey, who was howling at the early birds and dogs out for an early trot down my block.

the good news is i was not hungover when i awoke, which is very contrary to my sunday morning track record of late. this brings me to my latest accomplishment: the triple crown of drinking, or managing to imbibe beer, wine and liquor in one night without illness or hangover the next day. i attribute this to either my supper of the greasiest cheeseburger in town (a la rotiers) which begun the night or the mcdonalds chocolate shake i had to end the night.

the occasion was the visit of some fabulous friends from the d.c. who wanted to partake in the nashville nightlife. it was one of those classic girls' nights out on the town ... dancing, loud screaming, drunken stumbling. we almost had a random hookup, but fell short.

as far as my beverage intake, i didn't set out with the decision to cross beverage barriers, it just happened and i hit a point where i made a conscious decision to be ok with being hungover before work today. i just didn't have any other alcoholic choice but beer at dinner and wanted to have wine during pre-going out drinking games. by the time we hit the bars, i decided i needed to prevent any more intake of empty calories and switched to liquor (my faculties had turned in for the night when i started squealing "milkshake, milkshake!" on the ride home.

when he realized he was unable to sleep in after two hard nights of going out, the boyfriend acknowledged "we're not 22 anymore." true, thank God, but i am proud of my drinking prowess nonetheless.

ok. i need to go to bed like now.