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Thursday, February 7, 2008

wine is good for you.

And last night I got the best night sleep of my life. I forgot what it was like to go to bed before 3:00 a.m. (oh, and 3:00 is early for me). But my head hit the pillow a little after 1:00 a.m. and I woke up at 8:15 feeling refreshed and awesome. And then I had a fabulously productive day in which I got tons done. Maybe I should try this whole going to bed on the early side a bit more. But that might require lots of alcohol every night and I'm not sure if I can handle that.

Anyway, last night I went out to dinner with my sister, mom, and aunt. We went to Mistral...you can read
my little review of it here. It was fabulous food, and delicious alcohol. Yes, I drank a dirty martini, 2.5 glasses of wine, and sambuca on the rocks. As my mom was driving me home, she looked at me and said, "I have never seen you drink that much, ever...are you OK?" I was fine, but when I got into my apartment, I just sat at my desk and couldn't do a thing. Finally, I drank a few glasses of water, blasted Sia on my iPod (if you haven't listened to her yet, YOU MUST), and crawled into bed. Was out like a light and woke up feeling fresh and fabulous. If that's not a good enough reason to have a couple glasses of wine every night, I don't know what is.

11 comments:

Larissa said...

Glad you had a great night. I always seem to have awful sleep after a few drinks...what's up with that?

Shelley said...

It depends on the night and perhaps on what I drink so sometimes I sleep ridiculously well and other times I feel like I'm constantly waking up.

But if wine makes me sleep better (usually does) then there's another reason for drinking a glass a day... besides the health benefits.

Peter said...

You are not the boss of what I listen to.

The UnaDater said...

I could never drink that much in front of my mother... then again I am not from Boston!

Glad you had a wonderful evening and I am looking forward to seeing your review on Mistral!

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M said...

yay for sleep! I feel your pain when on the quest for a good NIGHT'S sleep!

PS: one or two glasses of wine + Tylenol pm = 8 great hours of sleep

MRhé said...

Pretty amusing that you consider going to bed at 1AM a good night's sleep :)

I'm also generally a night owl but I've been trying to get into a normal schedule. Difficult because I don't have to get to work until 9:30 and it's literally around the corner from me.

On an unrelated note, I fell asleep last night with my light on and a half-full glass of wine on my desk, so take from that what you will.

Damsel in Digress said...

you mentioned sia!

are you a six feet under fan? because i pretty much ball my eyes out during the last five minutes of the series finale EVERY SINGLE TIME. like when they started playing episodes on bravo and i came home from work one day and the series finale was on. and so of course i had to watch.

my boyfriend got home and there i was, sitting on the couch, SOBBING.

sia. breathe me. sigh.

L Sass said...

I sleep terribly after a couple glasses of wine!! I think it's because I'm getting old. Sigh.

Katelin said...

Haha, sounds like a great night. I always sleep well after drinking wine. :)

brookem said...

Ohhhh I love Sia. I'm with mrhe! You think 1am is early?! Woa.

Maxie said...

I can't imagine going to bed at 3am every night. I would die!