Follow-Up Post: Hangover.

    First of all, for anyone who read my previous post and went, "Heeellooo! Cooking WINE." I would like to now utilize the advantages of my hair by directing you to my blog title. ;) "Ramblings of the Blissfully BLONDE". ;) I'd read the ingredients, but it just didn't register that there was alcohol. An honest mistake. :) The good news in all of this is that it was rice-derived, so allergies weren't an issue! ;D

    Well. After I made my post last night, I felt great for a while. Then I got hit with some hard nausea and the previously mentioned drunken symptoms got worse. Oh joy. My kittens were both avoiding me today, so I guess I was acting really strange or something. I recall conversing with my video game at some point, so maybe that was it. :( Poor babies. I, uh, also remember at one point while I was talking to the game character that in the middle of my sentence I abruptly held a finger up to my mouth and very loudly went, "SHH!!!" *pause* "Yes. I did just shush myself. So??" I...I just don't even know. XD

    Okay, so I tried to get my parents last night for help. My mom was like, "What d'you nee' help with..? *mumble mumble*" and went back to sleep. My dad woke up and escorted me back out to the couch where he told me that I was fine and it would wear off - my body just wasn't used to whatever I'd eaten. Then went back to bed. So..? XD Yeah. That was great. My mom was laughing so hard today though. Kept teasing me. I get the feeling that this is something that's gonna be joked about for a LONG time. ;)

    I woke up today in my dark room, in the middle of the day - an overcast day. I was thinking about how nervous I was to wake up and see what my mom had thought. I woke up facing the window. I usually don't like to face the window when I wake up. I like to sleep in the dark, and I even have my window covered so that my room remains fairly dark even in the daytime. But what little light that was coming through, was kind of pleasant. I had a bit of a headache, and when I rolled over so I was facing the dark, that headache spiked up. I started feeling that nausea again. Stood up, and my limbs just felt heavy. I felt a little dizzy too. Strong smells were adding to my nausea, as well.

    Brushed my teeth (the headache felt significantly better once I was out in the light), came out of the bathroom and heard my mom go, "How's the hangover?" with a chuckle. And that led to some interesting conversation. :) She was much amused, we will just say.

    I think the hangover could have been worse, and I'm thankful it wasn't. But I will say this: I can't believe how super sensitive I am! I was talking to my parents this evening, and my mom commented that she wasn't too surprised. Her side of the family got drunk fast on very little. My dad...well...apparently, that's the opposite case on his side. So, I inherited the lower tolerance. XD Yikes.

    Anyway, so. I dunno. Not having experience with this before, I wasn't sure what to do. I made some lotus root tea (AMAZING stuff! <3 ) and sat down on the couch. My mom made me some allergy-friendly flat bread and explained the the bread would help soak up the alcohol. So. Bread. Bread is hangover food! Aye. This has been interesting. XD

    I've just kinda been a slob today. I seriously didn't feel up to doing anything, and I figured if I tried to do anything major I'd probably just wind up falling and hurting myself. I've done that on better days, so.... >.> Yeah. Bedhead all day! xD

    Mmm...it was kinda funny when my dad came home. He asked me how I was and I told him I was good all things considered. And he was like, "Still feeling funny or something?" - "Dad. I have a hangover. I was drunk." - "Oh! Well you'd seemed fine to me...."

    Dad started going off about how in Princess Bride, Fezzik had stuck Inigo in hot and cold water to get him to sober up. "Did you want me to do that?? We've got two sinks." :'D Ohh dear. And then mom had fun making up new lyrics to a song, "You got. . .that drunken feelin. . .ooohhhh that drunken feelin. . .you got that drunken feelin, not quite gone, gone, gone, oooohhhhh ooohhh." Etcetera. ;)

    Yup. Love my family. :) Glad that this is something we can joke about.

    But, basically. I'm okay. :) I intend to get back into a better pattern tomorrow with some exercise and stuff.

    Not much more than this. *waves a hand in the air* Just figured it'd be good to make a follow-up post. :)

Have a great day, dear reader!

-Bryn