Pissing the Night Away

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And now to today's blog.

I'm going for my 24 hour AA chip today. It will be my third. I'd like a set of six; I'll use them as coasters.

At that impromptu party last weekend, I may have lost a friend. What would you do if you were NGN? I made dinner, he brought Skyy Vodka. I drank Burnett's Vodka instead because it was downstairs where I was cooking. But before he left, I poured a noticeable amount from his to mine. When he said "Wow - there's a lot less in here than I thought." I said: "What did you think we were drinking? Water?"

In fact I was drinking about 4-6 ounces of vodka on ice at a time.

I am told that I said to Rolf that I took it "FOR SERVICES RENDERED!"

Yeah, I love how alcoholism brings out the asshole thief in me. Party!

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Other alcoholic related events: I added, and then canceled an extra rehearsal on Wednesday. I decided that it was my only night off, and since Rolf had geezerball; I couldn't sluff walking Bailey on him. And I needed to do my Last Five Years homework, well, at home.

I started drinking early. I was home by 4:45, having left work early and made it to the farmer's market. I made myself a proper martini (oh, no, not proper . . . it was still vodka, but I actually used Vermouth - which makes it a cocktail instead of a couple of shots.) Then I walked Bailey by the lake. Frankly the drink on an empty stomach went to my head a little. Otherwise I don't think I would have talked the very fit older Latino couple into walking my dog for me, so I could observe and see how badly she is limping.

Then I made myself a couple of end-of-summer heirloom tomato sandwiches, with a glass of milk. And off I went to get my hair done. I was early, so I stopped by the Liquor Store and bought myself a bottle of vodka, and a small Skyy Vodka for NGN, plus a single serve bottle of Skyy, which I drank in my parked car before getting my hair cut.

Yeah. An hour later, driving home; would I have passed a breathalyser test?

SideNote; I looked good in the hairdresser's chair. I was very excited that you can see my weight loss in the mirror.

So, home by 7:15. I made myself another martini. Rolf wasn't home from work yet, so I checked to see if he had washed his geezerball outfit, and finding he hadn't I did a load of laundry. Then a load of dishes. Made another martini. Set TiVo up to record "Bionic Woman", fed Bailey, made myself a quick Roasted Red Pepper, Summer Squash, Eggplant, Onion, and Roasted Tomato Ragu that I served over Polenta sauteed in olive oil, opened a bottle of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, and settled in to watch an hour of TV. Which turned into two hours of TV, and half a bottle of wine.

Rolf got home from geezerball at 10:15, ready to play. But I kept on drinking my wine and watching TV until I was too tired to stay up anymore.

Yep - no sex. AND NO REHEARSAL.

And I am really beating myself up.

whatever.

I did something good. After rehearsal last night, I called an alcoholic friend on the way home, which steeled my resolve to not have a glass of wine and two martinis before I went to bed. So, yay; I can get another 24 hour chip today. Woo-hoo.

V.