I have to admit, I'm in a FABULOUS mood this morning :) This past week has yielded only 2 migraines and any time that happens it makes me a very happy lady! People here at work ask me everyday how I'm feeling and its kinda funny (and slightly annoying) how they seem to think the migraines are due to only one thing or another. In reality, controlling them has to do with a large number of variables working together: acupuncture, diet, exercise, sleep, stress level, muscle tension, pills, etc. This past week, everything was working together harmoniously and I'm very thankful for it.
This weekend was hella busy, and I was pretty nervous about getting migraines (yes, plural) on Saturday. I had a TON of errands and homework to do before heading out that night for my boyfriend's sister's bachelorette party that night. Usually when things are that hectic, my brain is 7 steps ahead of my body, and I'm very easily overwhelmed by a situation which often leads to a stress migraine. Its not uncommon to find myself turning the radio down and giving myself a quick reality check to calm down and focus on one thing at a time.
One thing thats a big stress though about going out these days is the pressure of social drinking. I've never really been a big drinker; I kinda got more into it for a while after I turned 21, but I never truly acquired a taste for alcohol. When we'd go out to bars and clubs though, of course I'd have drinks and shots. It makes the night more fun, it helps you fit in with everybody else, and if the DJ sucks it makes the music selection way more tolerable. The last time I had a drink/got drunk was back in August when my boyfriend and I were on vacation in Vegas. I had a great time of course, and we had some spectacular drunk sex, but the resulting hangover and migraine were just not worth it in my opinion. I was so miserable that I had to spend the entire last day of our vacation in bed. Even so, Saturday night was really really hard on me; I don't think I've ever wanted a drink so badly in my whole life. Surrounded by 15 girls, drunk off their asses and having the time of their lives, I felt like a desperate recovering alcoholic. I must have turned down 4 or 5 offers for drinks in that first hour alone. Have you ever tried having fun at a club when you're not drunk? SNOOZEFEST! LOL! j/k ;)
Instead, I turned to Redbulls partially to give me energy to dance and have a good time, but also to give me something to hold and drink besides water so I didn't look like such a loser. Remember what I said though about Topamax changing my tastebuds?
See that green part back there labeled "bitter"? That, my friends, is where I taste ALL carbonated beverages now. Every. Single. Last. One of them. And its not just that they're bitter tasting, they're also very dry too. And crumbly. Does that make sense? Have you ever washed a sweater so many times that the fabric starts to pill up, so you get these little balls of fluff all over that you find yourself picking off anytime you wear it? Okay, well imagine drinking something thats made up of bitter, dry, little balls of fluff, and thats what those Redbulls tasted like to me all night. I think I drank 3 of them lol. They certainly helped keep the pep up all night, but I'm no longer used to drinking them so when we finally left the club my whole face was vibrating from all the energy boosting crap in them.I did have a great time though, and it was HILARIOUS to be sober and see how many girls drink themselves sick at clubs. Its something I never noticed when I was drunk myself, probably because I was one of the sick girls too. The downside though is you really start to notice how rank the bathroom smells around 1am. I should have peed before we left the club, but I just couldn't force myself to go back in there. Ladies, for the love of god, educate yourself on how alcohol is metabolized in your systems! You can't drink as much as the guys can, so just get over it already. Anyhoo, I'm waiting on some pics of Saturday night to be sent to me so as soon as I get those, I'll post them up. This week is, hopefully, going to be a quick week since we leave Friday morning to drive to Corpus for this wedding. Yay for roadtrips!
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