When you get your period for New Year's, you should really expect this kind of thing, I suppose....

• Lesson One - Say it with me....EAT before you drink. Got it? OK. I thought I understood this too. But. Yeah. Good times, good times.....

• Lesson Two - find a drink you like and stick with it. Mixing = bad
  


• Lesson Three - Do not EVER open a bottle of wine after completely disregarding rules one and two.
  
• Lesson Four - If you completely ignore rules one through three - at least don't chug the wine.
  
  
  Following these simple rules MAY keep you from falling down a flight of stairs at your boyfriend's house. Maybe. Not much more embarrassing than facing him on one side and his brother on the other with a broom and dustpan, cleaning up the wineglass that you...no...okay...I broke. Happy New Year....looks like it's gonna be a doozy.
  
  
  
  Found this nifty piece of journalism:
  

DrunkHangover Advice

The National Headache Foundation just sent over some handy hangover tips for the holiday
weekend:

• If you choose to drink alcohol, do so in moderation. (ha ha, good one!)

• Eat some honey. I have never heard of this, but apparently if you eat a little honey before you start drinking it does some kind of chem-y shit that’s helpful. Huh.

• Drink fluids containing minerals and salts. If you’re too weak from your hangover to do this yourself, con someone who tolerates you into flipping a boullion cube into some hot water. Drink it. It will replace some of the minerals (unfortunately brain cells are not minerals) your body is deprived of without making you want to throw up any more than you already do. Gatorade’s
good too. Or just do what I did in college and use Gatorade as your mixer. Genius!

• Drink a cup of coffee. First thing when you wake up.

• Take ibuprofen. Better than asprin.

• Alternate non-alcoholic beverages with alcoholic beverages. Yes, well, we can try, I suppose.

• Eat greasy food before consuming alcohol. Ew.

I prefer hangover advice that involves spooky breakfast drink recipes that call for clamato juice and such. What are your tried and true methods?

My personal favorite hangover helper? Greasy things and chocolate milk. Mmmmm.

*****By the way....if anyone is reading this that DOESN'T know me personally...a little info to fill in some blanks:

I broke up with The Wrong One finally. We hadn't had a relationship in ...well...ever, in hindsight. Although not loving the Dixie Chicks political stances/shoutouts/inappropriateness - I do have to hand this one to them. See the song - There's Your Trouble:

Should have been different, but

It wasn't different, was it

Same old story

Dear John and so long

Should have fit like a glove

Should have fit like a ring

Like a Diamond ring

Token of true Love

And later in the song - my advice to anyone that is in the position I was not too long ago:

Why don't you cash in your chips

Why don't you call in a loss

Not such a big loss

Chalk it up better luck

And I am now in a relationship with the big guy referred to several posts ago. I am happy to report that the butterflies are still there, and thriving. Thus far, he has put up with me completely shitfaced twice, and quitting smoking. (I have now been a nonsmoker for one month and one week, btw) I do solemnly swear to try to behave better more often. (Have no fear, I'm not shooting for a pair of wings, here...just less of an...ahem...embarrassment....lol) I am utterly and completely smitten with this man. In love, even.