Just a Bunch of College Kids...With a Mortgage

Three day weekends make Sunday the perfect day for drinking ridiculous amounts of alcohol in the G&D household. Now before I get into the events of yesterday, let me fill you in on some of the back story.

For starters, my mom got me this beverage dispenser for Christmas this past year. I used it for serving lemonade at Christmas dinner, but it's fancier than my tastes so I'm having a hard time finding a use for it other than that one day a year.


Then last Thursday my friend/co-worker/future A.A. companion Jill & I had our agency's annual holiday party--the one night a year we all get together, drink too much, and say inappropriate things. So when one of our co-workers noticed a large jar filled with pineapple and vodka on the end of the bar and asked the group, "Want to do a shot?" our answer was a resounding "Hell yeah!" The shot--called a "Stoli Doli"--was one of the smoothest shots we've tasted so we pumped the bartender for more information. Turns out it's as simple as adding fresh cut pineapple to vodka and letting it "infuse" for 3-4 weeks before drinking as either a shot or a martini. Jill and I looked at each other and said, "We should totally do this." And then Jill exclaimed, "Oh my God! That's what you should do with that beverage dispenser your mom got you!" Genius.

So yesterday, Jill and her husband Shane came over and the 4 of us celebrated our three-day weekend like we were college kids again. Jill and I got to work on our Stoli Doli martini creation--1.5 liters of vodka and 1.5 cut up pineapple slices. Shane thought we needed to re-name it in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. and our much appreciated 3-day weekend, so after a few beers and a little discussion we decided to call it the "I Forgot My Dream" martini. Mmmm...can't wait to enjoy it in 3-4 weeks!


Next on our list of acting like we're not adults--a Sunday afternoon "Power Hour" while watching the football game. Have you guys ever done this before? Jill and Shane are old pros, but this was my first time. You do 1 shot of beer every 60 seconds for 60 minutes. A friend of Jill's made her a CD of 60 songs that play for 60 seconds each, so every time the song changes you take a shot.

Jill & Shane--also known as "The Instigators."



Ugh. You'd think this college-educated woman would know better. I'm paying for each and every one of those shots today.

We ended the day's festivities with bowling, and a little Dance Dance Revolution.


I successfully forgot I was an adult with a mortgage...until the next morning afternoon when I woke up to this:


Ahhh...someday we'll grow up. Right?

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