This past Tuesday my niece/goddaughter drove up to Maine for a visit. She lives and works in New Jersey. She was going to leave early Tuesday because of the snow storm that was predicted for the east coast. She is a operating room tech in the Red Bank hospital. And a little personal note: Since she works near Long Branch, she does all of her banking at the Long Branch branch of the Red Bank bank. (I've waited a long time to get that into a post.) Well anywho, just as she was about to get on the road she gets a call from the hospital that she has to work. So off she goes to work thinking that she would be out by noon, plenty of time to make the trip to Maine. No way Jose, she gets out at 4:30, and being a young person, off she goes. Seven hours later she's knocking on our door.
The first day of her visit, we all stayed in, as it snowed all day. The next day we were out all day and did a little shopping........Oh boy one of my favorite things to do.......not. Well moving right along, that night we started out at Suzuki's sushi bar for a bite to eat. We all chowed down on things that I don't now what the hell they were, but it was very good. Another thing about eating sushi is using chopsticks. If I had to eat every meal with them, I would be about 120 pounds. I mean no control at all. After a while I was stabbing the food like Jack the Ripper so I could eat it.
But the best part of the meal was trying to keep up with my niece with the drinks. Starting with a classic martini followed by a couple of beers, I would not let her see me flinch. But the night was still young and it was off to Rockport for dessert and a couple more libations.
The first day of her visit, we all stayed in, as it snowed all day. The next day we were out all day and did a little shopping........Oh boy one of my favorite things to do.......not. Well moving right along, that night we started out at Suzuki's sushi bar for a bite to eat. We all chowed down on things that I don't now what the hell they were, but it was very good. Another thing about eating sushi is using chopsticks. If I had to eat every meal with them, I would be about 120 pounds. I mean no control at all. After a while I was stabbing the food like Jack the Ripper so I could eat it.
But the best part of the meal was trying to keep up with my niece with the drinks. Starting with a classic martini followed by a couple of beers, I would not let her see me flinch. But the night was still young and it was off to Rockport for dessert and a couple more libations.
We stopped at a new restaurant in Rockport, Sheperd's Pie, new to the area. We all ordered our desserts and of course a couple more drinks. Just a couple/three Sambuca's, that's all. So after we finished our delightful desserts, my niece says to my wife and yours truly.
"Where are we going now?"
What , where are we going now, in my mind the answer is, home. All I could think about was getting home to the comfort of my couch so I could fall asleep and drool all over myself. I was half in the bag and hopped up on sugar all at the same time and I just wanted it to end. So with a couple of tears and many incoherent words, we were off the the safe, warm confines of our home.
I have learned my lesson, that my best partying days are behind me. Let the new generations wake up with the hangovers and let me wake with a clear mind and a mouth not filled with cotton.
What , where are we going now, in my mind the answer is, home. All I could think about was getting home to the comfort of my couch so I could fall asleep and drool all over myself. I was half in the bag and hopped up on sugar all at the same time and I just wanted it to end. So with a couple of tears and many incoherent words, we were off the the safe, warm confines of our home.
I have learned my lesson, that my best partying days are behind me. Let the new generations wake up with the hangovers and let me wake with a clear mind and a mouth not filled with cotton.
3 comments:
I don't know how you can drink so much, Willie. I'm only 29, and already after two shots, two beers, or two glasses of wine, my body is saying 'No more!'. My face gets all puffy when I drink, and I just get stupid and tired.
I admire you for still being able to give it the old college try.
Spencer, it's only with years of training that I can sort of keep up. Unless we have company, my alcohol consumption is now one beer a week. I'm losing my edge.
Shots! Shots! Shots! Shots!
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