The Day After the Day After

The trouble with a big giant party is that when it's over you have to clean up after it.* And at the lakehouse, one must be very particular in a way you don't have to be at home cause it's not your own place-- and one of the owners/Andrew's relatives will have a fit if it's not perfect. So I spent a bunch of yesterday cleaning up, changing sheets, scrubbing the three toilets, and then when we got home, Andrew invited his parents & Uncle to our place for dinner (which meant I had to clean up a bit here, too). It was a lovely grilled salmon, some really tasty asparagus and a pasta salad. AND TOO MANY glasses of wine for me, since I didn't really drink at the party --I had a raging headache so despite the presence of a margarita machine & therefore easy access to a favorite tasty beverage, I drank mostly water. So thanks to the inept logic of "if I didn't drink at the party, I ought to help hubby finish this entire giant bottle of red-wine"--this morning I have a hangover. It reminds me of that scene in School of Rock where it goes:

Jack Black's character: "I have a hangover, do you know what that means?"
Cute Kid: "It means you're drunk!"
JB's Character: (sarcastically) "NO. It means I was drunk YESTERDAY."

So I don't feel so good. And the cat is having fits cause I'm typing and not feeding her. So. That's about it for now. I am now going to stumble into the kitchen, make myself a latte with our new fancy shmancy espresso machine & feed the cat. Then I will sit on the couch and contemplate stupidity. (My own).

Maybe watch some "E" since they often have stupidity on there.

And, since this (liquor) is the theme of this post, I am putting in writing that this is the first day of my 6 weeks of detox diet plan. Which means NO liquor AT ALL for six weeks. Which I did last year, and first heard about Oprah Winfrey doing as a sort of workout bootcamp (I think for the Emmys or Oscars or something). Oprah apparently lost 30 pounds doing it. I lost about 15ish or maybe 20 doing it last year (it doesn't mean the alcohol is the only thing-- but it helps boost the metabolism a bit, and then you don't also do stupid things like eat an entire cheesecake while drinking). And exercising every day is the biggest reason for losing weight. So I'll hopefully get down to the fighting weight I was at earlier this year. Bleah.

And by overdoing it yesterday, it is TOTALLY a relief to contemplate not having anything to drink for that long. I don't, clearly, deserve the privilege if I'm such a doofus in drinking.

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*And yes, big giant party was a blast...I'll post about it when I'm feeling less like a stupid hungover jerk.