So, that was New Year's. I was at my dad's and behaved remarkably well which is unusual, especially where alcohol is involved. I drank my stepmother's crazy, but tasty, green punch concoction and stuck with that until it was gone. It took quite some effort to switch to Coke or water rather than searching for something harder, which is what usually would have happened, but I'm happy with that. Although I do have an addictive personality, I don't ever want to wind up an alcoholic. There are and have been many alcoholics in my family and I have no desire to join the ranks.
Maddie was peeved that said stepmother (her mother) only let her have a shot of Midori in some lemonade at the beginning of the night, so she managed to scam booze from various places, including some -- quite a large "some" -- of one of her uncles' Jim Beam Black Label. After drinking quite a lot of different kinds of alcohol, she got pretty shit-faced. Not dangerously so, and really if she'd been a more seasoned drinker it wouldn't have had anywhere near the impact; but 16 years old, not much experience. 'Nuff said. Anyways, so she'd finished her booze, lol, and with my encouragement was drinking plenty of water...She drops the lid to her water bottle and bends to pick it up, only to smack her forehead on the counter on the way down. Naturally she wasn't injured (God protects drunks and babies, after all, lol) but the look on her face was absolutely priceless. Priceless! And she didn't even have the good sense to have a hangover. Dang. I wish I had been like that when I was a kid, lol. On second thoughts, though, maybe it's a good thing that I (usually) get the hangovers I do...One suspects that I'd drink a whole lot more than I currently do.
Anyway. Can't believe that it's 2011. Not a damn clue where this last year went...I'm sure we missed some months or something. That must be it. I'm not sure that 2010 had an April or July...Hmm...Someone should look into that.
As for the world famous New Year's Resolutions, I am resolving not to eat any more pork or pork-related products (bye-bye, chorizo and big breakfasts), to treat my body more kindly (trying to find a way to step off my painkillers that won't kill me) and just to focus more and work more consistently with my uni stuff.
The day after tomorrow is when my reading project starts -- library, here I come -- and I'll post the final book list at that point.
I'm interested to hear what your resolutions are, if you're resolving to do (or not do) anything at all, and let me know how your NYE/Day celebrations went. I hope you all had fun and took care of yourselves, and I hope that 2011 will be kind to you guys xx
P.S. i stumbled across this interesting site the other day. It seems to be a cross between Post Secret and LJ...People write about their experiences pertaining to different things and other people share their own stories or comment on the original post. Interesting site. You can find it here at: www.experienceproject.com