I Start My Drinking at 10:04 PM
Hi there. I was wondering if you perhaps share this trait with me.
I like and crave the need to stay informed. I like to know what is happening around the world. That is it.
In my opinion, this is a curse. A burdensome curse. I know I am not the first person to think this, and will not be the last. Do you share this curse?
Multiple times a week I berate myself for being this person. I wonder at what point in my life this curse was cast upon me. Who did this to me?
I want to be a person that struts around not caring about the latest news. I am not though.
That is why I drink vodka.
It is too much information. I can't take it anymore.
Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!
That is why I drink vodka.
This has led me to quit the news on multiple occasions. It never takes though. I like knowledge. I crave it. I need it. Too many people get away with saying one thing and then doing the opposite. This bothers me and I need to know who they are.
That is why I drink vodka.
I look around at those closest to me. They are not experiencing life the same way I am. They have no idea what is going on. I know this mostly because of the amount of whistling. How could there be so much whistling? I would love to have my head so far up in the clouds that I could whistle all day long.
Also, I know what news they are watching. I can hear the local news playing for ninety minutes or more on some days. I don't like this because our local news is crap and does nothing to inform us of what is really going on in our city, country, or the world.
First, there are a lot of crime reports to scare people. This is because the police always need more money. Then a short recap of how many people have died of the virus and thirty seconds of actual news. Two teases of what the weather is going to be like, then the weather and sports. Two minutes of chit chat between anchors. Plus twelve minutes of commercials for every thirty minutes. Ugh.
As for me, at 10 pm I hit play on the news program I have chosen to watch first. Usually, by 10:04 pm, I have already had enough.
That is why I drink vodka.
Vodka, water, lemon juice, and a splash of simple syrup. That is all I need.
I will at times add food to my vodka drinks so I can have a treat at the end. Plus I like the color it provides. Adding this color to my drink also adds to the endorphins my brain is receiving because of how beautiful it is. Make sure to feed your brain with beauty.
For now, I will continue to fill my brain with the news and my mouth with vodka for the next hour or more. I cut myself off at three drinks even though I want to drink myself into oblivion.
Three drinks always do the trick though.
I crave for the days when I can get through a whole newscast without pining for the distilled goodness of the cheapest vodka that can be created. I hope one day it comes and I can move on to more creative uses of my energy.
The biggest disappointment with all of this, of course, alcohol also has calories. This really is a bummer. It would be amazing to eliminate these alcohol calories from my diet entirely. I would like to instead replace those calories with the equivalent in frosting.
Just frosting. In a big bowl. With a spoon.
This seems like a dream and not something that is going to happen anytime soon. So many recipes of frosting circling in my head that I want in my life. I wait.
For now, I will continue to drink vodka.
In tonight's drink, I will be adding fresh basil from my garden and vigorously shaking it up.
Cheers.
Peace and love.