Saint Agnes Casino Night
You see, I am not a big drinker. I am what you would call a light weight, who just so happens to hang out with people who do a much better job at holding their liquor. As a result, I thought I could hang with them… it turns out I can not.
Not to mention that a 30-something year old body does not recover quite like a 20-something year old body – which was the last time I had a night like this. I mean I woke up looking like a hot mess and was still feeling the effects of my evening at 3pm the next day.
And in case you need a visual…
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Yup, you guessed it, I’m in bed with a large piece of baguette – that I couldn’t manage to eat without gagging. So I had to turn to the holy grail of hangover food…
As I emerged from my bedroom in those late afternoon hours my two-year-old smiled at me happily saying “good morning mommy!” and all I could do was laugh at the stealer example I was setting.
Did I mention that toddlers don’t care if you are hungover or not, like not in the least bit? They still want to play trains and demand that their toast is cut in small triangles with chocolate on it and watch Mickey on repeat so you can both do the Hot Dog dance together.
Not that I can blame him, those are all the things we usually do on the weekends. Just so happens that they are soooooo much harder to muster today, but I somehow manage to do it. Mostly because I didn’t have a choice.
Thank goodness for my amazing hubby, who took on single parent duty most of the day while I recovered from my self-induced illness.
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Even though I had a rough recovery period, I had the best time and don’t regret any of it. In fact I think parents need more fancy, fun, and carefree nights out together. It doesn’t have to be a black tie event – just get your gang together, dress up and go out!! Because if I learned anything from this past weekend its this:
1) Its important not to forget who you are.
Sure you are someone’s mom, but you were a pretty amazing (and fun) person before that too – let her out every once and a while.
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2) Good friends are everything.
As an adult I find its hard to make new friends easily. It can be done, but it takes significantly more effort the older you get – long are the days of finding another person who loves pizza and the color pink and instantly becomes your BFF. If you are lucky enough to have a group of people you love like family, who are there through thick and thin and that you can have fun with. Make sure to foster those relationships and hold onto them with everything you have because you are lucky!!!
3) Never underestimate the power of laughter!!
Laughter is healing and powerful and not done enough. Our family has had a pretty rough month, what with all the illnesses and such. Things had gotten pretty serious in the Cholakian house. Its amazing what a night full of laughter can do to lighten the mood and impact your general wellbeing for the better. You forget sometimes that surrounding yourself with happiness, good people and positivity can change your perspective entirely – that those things can actually heal emotionally, mentally, even physically. Who would have thought my besties, a selfie stick and a camera could do all that? Certainly not me, but I am so thankful they did!!