Out with the old...

I woke up with a sore head and a blurred memory this morning.
I'm having a serious "Residue Day".

You know those days after drinking where nothing really happens except a long shower and a lot of sleep? And all around you is mess from the night before. Discarded shoes, coat dumped over a chair, plate on the ground from the greasy chips you had the night before.

Last night I went to a party. One of those excellent, packed house, far too much wine kind of affairs.

This morning though, I woke up feeling truly awful. I'm having one of those hole-in-the-memory kind of mornings and am now worried that I said or did something to someone that I shouldn't have.

I'm pretty sure I behaved myself, but I always find myself worrying until I hear from someone who was out the night before. I need that phone call to reassure me that yes, I behaved and no, I didn't pour a drink down someone's shirt.


Nights out are great. And my nights out are even better than great. I have had more fun at parties and events and nights out and general craziness than some people will have in their entire lives.

But this year, maybe it's time for change. I know I'm being very ambitious and cliched here. Making resolutions on January 1st and whatnot, but still.
Maybe it's time to calm down a bit.

I don't mean get horrendously dull and start spending my evenings watching Pat Kenny and drinking tea, but I'm getting sick of the worry the morning after a night out, and even sicker of feeling crap. I know its all part and parcel of being young and going a bit crazy, but I don't know... maybe it's time for a fresh start.