Late

So I went right from work to South Street for our annual running club Xmas party.  I needed to get there early to serve as the check in desk for the event since people paid ahead of time.  My duties included checking people off our master list and handing them a wristband as well as two tickets for free drinks.  I discovered that being the guy that holds the free drink tickets is a surefire way to become very popular at a party.

Ali showed up a little later and sat down to help with the check in.  It got pretty busy for a little while as the party was well attended.  We had somewhere in the neighborhood of 160 people in the place which was reserved for us alone. (until 9pm)

Like last year they had a huge ice sculpture/shot luge set up.  They were sending vodka shots down the luge.  I think I took 3 shots total, they did not go down smoothly.  It seemed no matter how hard you pressed against the ice with your mouth you still wound up missing some of the shot.  Not that it mattered since the primary function is to make you look silly while taking it.

So I spent a large portion of the evening hanging around the check in desk.  I downed a number of Miller Lites before switching over to some beer called Shock Top per Christy’s recommendation.

They had a nice spread of food there as well including some non-meat items that I filled up on.  I figured it would be smart to at least consume some food this year, something I neglected to do last time.

As the night went on I eventually moved around the room more.  Although my knee is still very swollen, alcohol seemed to be doing a really good job of masking the pain.  I actually got pulled out onto the dance floor multiple times and made a fool out of myself, bad knee and all.  If I am dancing, you KNOW I am very drunk.

Like last year, my Tough Mudder headband made it’s rounds (both of them) for various funny pictures.  It’s amazing how much fun a little orange headband can generate.

Although I don’t go out drinking with the club that much, when I do it seems I typically wind up being one of the last people standing.  Last night this was once again the case as I was in the last group of 5 people from the club.  I had to stay late to sober up, I didn’t drink for close to two hours at the end.  As a result I didn’t leave until about 1:15 am.

Then when I got home I actually had to fire up the computer to do some work for the race I am timing Saturday.  By the time I showered and collapsed into bed it was a ridiculous 2:45 am.  My alarm clock had no mercy and still went off at 5:30 am like it does everyday.  Yawn…..

Besides timing the race Saturday and catching up on some sleep, I hope to get a number of things back in order over the next two days.  For the last week I have been wobbling along.

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