One of my coworkers said that his kids were planning to score as much candy as possible because their dentist's office has a buy-back candy program. Actual cash in hand - $1 per pound of candy! And the best part is that the office then wraps all the candy up and sends it to soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. I just happened to have a few bags of candy in my office for a candy bowl that still hasn't made its way to Denver, so I gave him all of them. I was like, I know one guy over there who could use this chocolate! :)
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| Spicy Bloody Mary goodness |
So get this - I can no longer drink wine. You know, my beverage of choice. My go to drink for every occasion. I don't understand how this happened, and believe me, I've experimented with everything I can think of. But white, red, champagne...a small glass, or three sips, four sips...gives me a massive headache. Is it the altitude? It's either that or I'm aging, so once again the altitude takes the blame for this one.
I'm going to sound like a lush (and I'm not!) but I am attempting to fill this wide chasm in my life with other spirits. Beer is great, but not always my fave. Bloody Mary's - especially in this area - are fantastic but I feel like the sodium will kill me immediately. The other night I tried a Dark & Stormy: ginger beer mixed with rum. Hello? LUV it. Whoever came up with ginger beer is a genius. I could have gone without the rum and just had it straight up.
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| Dark & Stormy deliciousness |
In my attempts to stay hydrated during the day, there are times that looking at plain water makes me want to gag and throw myself out the window. I get sick of it, people. As good as it is for me, and actually as good as it makes me feel, sometimes I cannot abide another sip. Also, after hoofing it to work and crawling up several flights of stairs, once I calm down, my body temperature plummets and I freeze to death for about two hours every morning. So I have taken to heating up water with lemon. It's a winner: the water doesn't taste like water and it warms me up.
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| Daily Office concoction |
There is also the ol' stand by: the glorious Pumpkin Spice Latte that I will continue to order well into the new year, despite weary looks from the barista. I have gradually worked my way down to the smallest size, with no whip cream, but that is as far as I am willing to go.
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| My Fall Lover |
And speaking of drinks, I went out on a limb yesterday.
Backstory: last week, one of the neighboring offices on our floor threw my office a welcome party. It was a nice, casual shindig and everyone socialized for a couple of hours. I had a great conversation with one of the girls, and I've been thinking that I should get in touch with her and try to strike up a friendship. So yesterday I marched over to the office, asked the receptionist to give me her email, and I shot her a quick note. With my friends spread all over the country at this point, I gotta have something...
People, I swear. I felt like I was on the dating scene again! I actually got nervous and started to second guess myself. Did she really seem to enjoy the conversation as much as I did? Or was she just being polite?
I really need to get out more.
She responded very enthusiastically, though, and we're having drinks next week! I'm not a hermit failure after all! :) I will continue my drinking experiment...
Cheers!
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| Look at the guy's expression behind me! Haaaaa. |
I've got a good water-alternative recommendation for you. Try flavored seltzer water - lemon lime is the classic, of course, but Seagram's also makes a citrus one that's very good. Since my pool of available beverages has considerably shrunk over that past 8 months, I've felt the need to branch out a little.
ReplyDeleteAs for the wine issue . . . give it another try in a couple of months. I bet it's an altitude thing, but once you've fully adjusted, it will probably be your friend again. As for me, I'm looking forward to trying a Dark & Stormy here in a few weeks!