Of Vodka Shots and Lots Of Firsts

*sheepish grin*

Had an excellent birthday.

Yes, seriously. :-D

Let's see. The day started off on a wonderful note. The macro test went off without a glitch, thanks to Isha. Love her. :-)

Did not attend the IMS class. For reasons which will become clear in a while.

Wore a white and pink floral skirt.

GOT DRUNK (for the first time ever). Woohoooooo! :-p

Anisha and I share our birthdays. So we took everyone out for lunch. Went to cafe 100, and were told that we'd have to wait for 40 minutes. Headed to Berco's, where we were told that we'd have to wait for 45 minutes. Felt extremely pissed and settled for Pizza Hut. Where Anisha had a showdown with one of the waiters. I have to admit, the guy was EXTREMELY rude. We wanted to walk out but had nowhere else to go so we swallowed our indignance (and pride) and kept sitting.

(incidentally, anisha and i coincidentally ended up wearing the same same top. heard cracks about how the birthday girls had dressed up the same way and had to explain about a million times to about a million different people how it wasn't planned, that it was just a coincidence)

Interestingly, the gang got us lots of goodies from Wengers, instead of the usual cake, which was really nice. So we cut a doughnut, while everyone sang happy birthday for us. :-)

And that's when things got interesting. After we were done with lunch, we all headed to Castle Nine to actually celebrate turning 19.

We were given the ol' couple's lounge, much to the chagrin of all the couples, coz the regular seating area was full. Spoiled a lot of cosy dates, that's for sure. There's not much you can do with a roudy bunch of college kids on a sugar (and soon to be alcohol) high all around.

I, who have never consumed any alcohol in the true sense (unless sips from dad and half a peg with lots of Pepsi counts) ordered two vodka shots at the very onset. Downed the first one, felt perfectly fine, and hence proceeded to gulp down the second one too.

Bad idea, in retrospect. Immediate effect, slight nausea. Which knocked some sense into me, and i decided to stop, at least for a while. Did not puke, thankfully.

Sat sipping at a highly diluted glass of vodka, feeling extremely happy and at peace with the world. Did happen to notice that i was talking more and a little louder than usual, but didn't let that bother me too much.

There's a very thin line separating joie de vivre and insanity (or drunkenness, for that matter), as i happened to find out. The next 15 minutes is slightly hazy. All i remember is laughing like a maniac for no evident reason, and talking A LOT. Everyone else had a lovely time, laughing at my expense, and (this is the worst bit) making videos of me making a fool of myself! Wonderful friends i have, i tell you.

At some point i remember asking the bartender to do tricks for me, in honour of it being my birthday.

Apparently i was the only one who got drunk drunk, seeing how i was the only one drinking for the first time.

Awfully awfully embarrassing, but loads of fun as well. :-D

Managed to sober up, thank heavens. Girija said i was in no position to go home alone. No telling what i might do. :-p

So she offered to drop me home halfway. That did not work out, coz it started pouring after a while. First time in 19 years it ever rained on my birthday. So i went to her place (after being warned to not do anything stupid. she could not take home a drunk girl) and dad picked me up from there.

Reached home, soaking wet and feeling terribly ill. Mum popped a thermometer in my mouth, and as you will have it, i was running a temperature of a hundred and three.

Testimony to the *ahem* wild birthday i had maybe? :-p


[ Added later - Forgot to mention, did do an impromptu dance in front of Castle Nine after leaving. :-p]