oh, my stomach!

i don't know why i try to drink. i know what happens, within hours, and yet sometimes, i still think things will be different. it wasn't.

i went to the devil's advocate social last night. it was fun. i went to KD's place first where she made me a mini-martini (since i don't drink) and we marvelled at the new colours of her place since she and her ex broke up. they're much nicer colors and the place looks way less cluttered. but i guess 650 square feet is pretty small for two people to not clutter it up a bit. anyway... we took a cab to the art gallery and began our evening. first person i saw was MGF (he didn't see me) and i saw him holding a girl's hand - he had brought his girlfriend. hmm. at that point, i almost didn't want to say hi to him, just so i could avoid meeting her. i still don't know why.

once we got settled in, KD began bumping into people she knew and we would stop and chat. i texted A and Mon and they were still at Mon's getting ready. so much for 7pm start time - it was just after 8. they didn't end up getting there until 9:30. and i thought i was bad.

i did end up bumping into MGF and he gave me a half-assed hug (he's the only one i'll allow to do that) and introduced me to his girlfriend. it was almost like being in a movie or a TV show. he hugged me, and as we parted she started to slowly walk towards me. she was looking up at me with up-cast eyes (i was almost 5'11 in my heels - my $15.00 nine west wonders!) and held out her hand. i couldn't believe what i saw. i could hear MGF saying to me, "this is..." almost simultaneously with her saying to me, "didn't we go to high school together?" MGF is dating a girl i went to high school with. i was shocked.

i was shocked on a number of levels. first, i thought he was dating a chinese girl so you'll imagine my surprise when this little jamaican girl, with her naturally grey eyes, holds out her hand to me. second, we went to high school together! third, i've seen this girl's semi-nude modelling pictures...i've commented to him on her rock of an ass. and now i find out we went to high school together. it's almost incestuous. i shudder. shudder! finally, he and i have discussed in detail their sex life. and here is this girl that i went to high school with. ugh!

then, when KD and her friend come up to us, i begin to introduce her to MGF, only to find out that MGF and KD went to first year law school together. he teased her about her following him to his dorm room one night. she said something else about something to do with sex. at this point, i'm so over-stimulated with this less than six-degree news that i'm not even really hearing what they're saying. but what i'm not hearing is bothering me too.

it was weird. i avoided spending any time with MGF and his girlfriend afterwards, until he caught me limping along later on in the night (despite the fact that my shoes are hot, they are hell to stand in for too long), he waved me over with this look of concern and offered me his seat. then, we started to chat. he and i joked around as we always do and i tried hard to include his girlfriend in conversation. she's either really shy or just young because she didn't talk much. they ended up leaving a few minutes after that because her knee was hurting (she fell last week when they were rollerblading). he gave me another hug, tighter this time, told me to call him and i went on my way. weird. i'll now have to ask him about KD. i don't want to know if they ever slept together because if they did, that's it for me and him as a future backup couple.

i met one guy that i thought was cuuuuute and he stood in our circle at one point but then walked off. too bad. i smiled and waved at him as he walked away. i tried.

by about 11:30, i was getting really sick to my stomach. i already had the migraine and the alcohol was sitting right at the bottom of my stomach, really wanting to come back up. i complained to A that i wanted to go home. she took off at about midnight and i was jealous. i managed to drag KD and her friend out of there by the time the house lights came up at just after 1 am. i was in no shape to do anything, let alone drive home, but i did. we stopped for pizza on granville (none for me, thanks) and i finally got into my car at about 1:30. i was not intoxicated but i was in no shape to drive home. i was ill, i had a headache, i was tired. but i wasn't going to suffer on KD's couch. if i was going to suffer, it would be in my own bed!

i managed to get myself home safely. as i walked in the door, i contemplated whether i should just make myself puke or whether i should just sleep it off. i chose the latter. i hate throwing up!

as usual, i woke up just fine this morning - tired, but not at all sick. i'm never drinking again, at least not hard liquor. a beer, maybe, but that's it.