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I'm ALMOST back to 'normal'. I am right there on the cusp of being fully functional. There are still certain people I don't want to be around and certain things which aren't good for me, but I think I can manage. I think I can get through the days.

Went to my holiday Christmas dinner last night. Copious amounts of alcohol ingested. Free alcohol too. I didn't eat much unfortunately. The food just wasn't that good. Which was a real let down since this is one of the better restaurants in town. It's the age old issue of being in a group setting. They give you the shit menu. The let's make everyone happy by serving bland wedding fare. Sucks. AND they had us up on the 9th floor of the hotel in a makeshift dining room. Aka a conference room. Double sucks. I would NOT go back there again. Just on principle.

My companion for the night was a good friend whose father runs a company a couple blocks from the hotel specializing in consulting to the healthcare industry. She works for him for now until she is accepted to grad school so she can pursue her PhD in Medieval History. Yeah. I know. I have taught her to say 'Do you want to hear our specials?' quite well. Point being, given the nature of her father's business and its clients, she is quite used to doing these holiday/corporate function type things. One of the reasons I invited her to join me.

The day was pretty boring. I headed up to the city around 4, met her about 5:30. Her birthday is on Friday so I took her to the Disney store pre-party to pick out a present. She picked out a t-shirt and a mug. We then headed over to the hotel, saw that they had us in a 'room' and went back down to 5 to the bar. Two cocktails later we headed back to the main party.

I mean the people were fun and I enjoyed talking to folks, but the ambience sucked ass like the food. Sorry but it did. I remember 98% of the night. I do know that I for once didn't make the most inappropriate comment of the night. That honor went to the gentleman from South Africa who was proud to announce his country just got named as having the largest average penis length in the world at 6.9 inches. Yay?

I put her in a cab around 11, headed to the station, kid picked me up. She worked until 11 anyway so it wasn't a big deal. I let her drive and I was quiet. I know it makes her nervous having me in the car. I tried to be good but let's be honest, I was drunk. I was rolling down the window on her and she was cranking the heat. Then we got home and she refused to parallel park which pissed me off so I moved the car. This insulted her which is understandable. We talked about it this morning.

Let's see if there's any aftermath to deal with today. I am not expecting any though to be honest. I am fucking hungry...