Just me and my spirit animal talking a walk because I couldn’t run on Saturday. Yeah I had to skip my long run because I had a lil case of what they call Vodkitis …
Okay – since RER is sometimes a place to document major events in my life I have a new one to share! This weekend will go down in history as my first hangover!
Yeah, I don’t know how I dodged the hangover bullet up till this point – but I never had one before!!?! I knew it wouldn’t last forever. I knew I was playing with fate anytime I drank more than 2 cocktails. I don’t drink that often so it doesn’t even take that much for me to feel it. But by some red-headed Mexican magic I have not felt that crappy, nauseous, headachey feeling that is known as ‘regret’ or sometimes ‘a hangover’ until Saturday.
And it was NOT fun. I don’t want to do that again.
I think I’ve been able to drink (sometimes a tiny bit too much) and not get hungover because I always hydrate like it’s my job so I don’t get dehydrated (which is part of the reason for the headache). And I also eat like it’s my job which helps keep my stomach settled. Apparently I dropped the ball with that and didn’t eat or drink enough before my first ever bar crawl around Orange County.
Lesson learned. I needed iv therapy near me to restore my fluids.
Anyway.
Here are some random thoughts about the weekend…
– Went on an impromptu bar crawl on Friday…
It was my first one ever!! Yes – I’ve never been on a pub / bar tour / crawl before. This is mainly because I didn’t realize everyone else was doing stuff like this in college as I was too busy with my BF at the time who was past that part of his life. I thought I really missed out on a lot of fun but after this weekend maybe it’s for the best.
— it was also my first hangover ever on Saturday morning! Boo.
— I hugged Katie 4 times… I’m hoping that hits my quota for the year and she stops trying to hug me all the time.
— I felt horrible on Saturday. And for once it wasn’t horrible self esteem due to my choices but physically horrible due to vodka.
— Supposedly psychological wounds are worse than physical ones but it seems cheaper and faster to set a broken bone than to heal emotional trauma. ( I don’t know how this is related but it really feels like it is)
— Somehow feeling nauseous isn’t painful but completely prevents any normal human function.
— Nuun is amazing for helping you on hot sweaty workouts for when your dehydrated from adult beverages. Seriously it felt magical to drink that. Thnx @nuunhydration
— I ordered a lot at Panera. But I usually order more.
— I was asking my friends for help on tips on how to bounce back from a hangover and one of them was grilling me so I tried to shut her down and then I felt bad…
and I think that text convo is a pretty accurate snapshot of what it’s like to be my friend. Except a lot louder in real life.
Moral of the story: Next time I go to Panera I’m getting a cookie and coffee cake.
Well girlfriend you are SO lucky that you have never had a hangover until Saturday! I was hungover every weekend in college 😉 so I know how that feels! I haven’t had many in the last few years… I don’t drink much anymore and if I do I also hydrate like it’s my job. Hope you are back to feeling good!!!! Have a great day!
Completely amazing that yo have never had a handover until now! You are a rockstar! I had my first handover in 8th grade!!! UGH!
The only thing that takes mine away….pretty darn fast….McDonalds cheeseburger, Diet Coke, Ibuprofen and a nap…..all this should take place about 6am so that by 8am you are good to go for the day.
Hey, you had fun on your night out, right? That’s all that counts, it’s fine to live it up every once in a while! 🙂
That said, I’ve never been on a bar/pub crawl nor have I ever been hungover before as well. 😛
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