0630 Cocktail Hour

Living the life that I do, specifically being up working when the majority of the world is sleeping, puts a real damper on one’s social life.  (I won’t even begin to delve into the damper that two monsters under the age of 5 do to one’s social life.)    Not that I’m some kind of social butterfly… which became only too apparent based upon an email that went around work not too long ago where I was labeled repeatedly as “Shy”.  I’m not shy, I’m quiet… if I’m not talking to you, it’s probably because there is something wrong with you and I don’t want too talk to you.  So, take a good long look at yourself and make sure you fix whatever errors you find.   As I was saying, coming home and getting ready for bed at 0630 every morning when most of the rest of the world is heading off to work, really puts a damper in a social life.  It really puts a damper in one’s life when all you do is work and sleep until the weekend finally rolls around… one of the downfalls of 12 hour shifts.  But if I’m getting ready for bed at 0630, doesn’t that make it my cocktail hour?  But is it wrong to have a drink at 0630 in the morning?  Not every day, but sometimes you just have one of those kind of days where a nice short glass of Pendleton or Crown makes the memories fade away and sleep comes every so peacefully.  Even though I consider myself a beer affecinado, I just can’t drink a beer at that time of the morning, even though it is my nighttime.  No, when I find myself needing a drink, it’s usually a liquor.  Never having really been a liquor person… suddenly I find my tastes have really changed.  Long gone are the days of Southern Comfort, Jim Beam, and Wild Turkey.  Not that long ago, I even tried what I thought was an old favorite… Jack Daniels.  Although I have fuzzy memories of this being one of the high-end, most sought after drinks of our youth (Ryan, Paul… remember these days?)…  I couldn’t drink it.  It almost made me kind of sad, like another piece of my youth fading away.

I guess with age comes wisdom, and while I still greatly relish the memories (although some are very faint) of $4 tequilla with Mundo, I think I’ll stick to the top shelf for “Happy Hour”.

Cheers.

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