What a Way to Start The New Year.

I don’t particularly believe in setting New Year’s Eve resolutions.  Well, last year I did proclaim that my resolution was to gain as much weight during the year as possible.  I mean, what is the point of a resolution if it’s not attainable?  I thought it best to pick one I could stick with and guess what?  It worked!

We were off for 11 straight days together over the holiday.  It was absolute bliss!  We shopped, had leisurely lunches, spent time with friends and family and drank a little wine (Okay a lot).  On weekends we have this thing we do where we wake up and fantasize what it would be like if only we could ring a bell so the butler could bring us breakfast in bed.  Well one day we did just that, minus the butler, of course.  Don’t get me wrong, the minute that lotto ticket comes in, butler shopping we will be.  One day we stayed in bed all day.  It was a day that finally decided to snow and it was just beautiful.  We opened our bedroom blinds and layed there and ate and watched TV all day long.  And yes I know that you people with children out there are cursing our very existence for being able to do this.  I say suck it!  At least you have kids. 

You may not realize it, but we are big wine fans.  I know, collective gasp, right?  Well we do love us our Chardonnay.  We decided that we would take a break in January and detox our bodies just a little.  Not a big thing, just a little change.  What the hell were we thinking?  I’m in accounting.  As in, year end crazy ass zoo full of crazy number crunching brainiacs solving the world’s problems.  (For real!)  Kyle works for an advertising agency that is crazy busy, working on the new ad campaigns for the year.  I’ve been to his office by the way and it is like an amusement park.  It’s everything you think a cool ad agency would be and more.  They have hot wheels all around and food and drinks, including beer in the fridge and fun, fun, fun!  Not that accounting isn’t fun and glamorous.  Sigh, okay not the same.  We’ll move on.

Okay back to the drinking break, let’s see; long hours – crazy stressful work after 11 days off = no drinking… Hmmmm I think we can all agree that is the LAST TIME you want to stop anything that gives you pleasure and helps you relax at the end of a stressful day.  This reminds me, I love the part in the movie Airplane when the guy constantly states it was the wrong time for him to quit – sniffing glue, smoking, sniffing markers, etc.   That shit is funny.  I digress, so Kyle and I decided we would probably make it better through the week if we had just a sip or two.

Beats the hell out of sniffing glue and, we don’t have any markers in the house.  What were we to do?