Example and Lesson...

So I attended not one, but two birthday parties yesterday. One for my Sister - Happy 13th BTW.
And the second for some guy who I really don't know, but a friend of mine was going to one of his boss' birthdays - or something like that and invited me along. Basically it was a studio building filled with about - I don't know, about 50 of the biggest names in realestate, and design and advertising and the list just goes on and on and on... all very well to do - aren't hurting for anything where money is concerned. And all really laid back kind of people - well most of them.
Well..... Over all that night I hadn't had much to eat and I admit what I did have on my stomach wasn't the best thing to mix with a little rum and coke, but I figured one drink wouldn't hurt - about half way through this one drink I begin to feel a bit dizzy. I had hardly eaten that day and I wasn't very hungry - but still empty stomach and a drink of any kind can't have the worlds greatest results - and in my case it didn't. Did I also mention that I was already on the tired side. So here I am at this party - surrounded by the kind of people I really really need to connect with and I'm a bit dizzy - not stumbling around dizzy, but y'know.
And anyone who knows me, knows I can be a bit antisocial - maybe if I had known ahead of time that I would be attending such a party - I knew I was attending a party, I just wasn't aware of what names made the guest list, or more importantly one of the few reasons I was even invited in the first place was so I would have a shot at making some important connections. *eyes roll w/sigh* If I had been forewarned, then maybe I would have gone the extra effort to look a bit more professional, or prepared myself. Or at least laid off the drinks of any kind.
And the annoying thing is, that I was still expected to go out, socialize - never mind the headache, which by this point I had, and the dizziness, which at this point had become much worse, though I hadn't began to stumble just yet.
So after making one very weak connection I retired to The Pearl, and spent the next one or two hours - I lost count after the first 15 minutes, laying in the Pearl, waiting on my friend to finish up with his own hobnobbing. On the way back to his place - one thing lead to another and it was somewhat decided that the nights further plans were to be canceled - well my side of the plans at least, and I drove home, instead of ridding shot gun towards Magnolia for some camping at the REN Festival. I was disappointed, but not that much.
I get home just in time to see my sister's birthday really getting underway - so Of Course I head straight to my room and attempt to fall asleep - this is about 11:00 pm...
The noise from my sisters 13th b-day bash keeps me awake, and hidden in my room until 3:00 am ...
By the time the house begins to fall asleep, I'm now past the point of sanity and slipping fast into a heavy case of insomnia....
About 5:30 am, I pass out thanks to some heavy shots of throat burning liquor - but still wake up, much to early....

What is to be learned from this Post?
If your my friends and you ask me to join you to go anywhere - and you expect me to do one thing or another or look one way or the other or whatever - tell me ahead of time. I appreciate any help I can get -honestly I do. But for the love of God and all that is right and wrong in this world; Tell Me Ahead of Time... Because the Pearl is comfey - but not that comfey.

(sorry for any miss spells - spell check is actin'strange)

Whatever Tomorrow Brings... Spiral Out.... Wave On....