My own Private Island on New Years Eve

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I spent New Years Eve bowed over the toilet, but not in the typical, "whoa I drank too much" way, more in the, "WHEN am I going to get over the flu?" kind of way. I got sick before New Years Eve and still have the bug. I still went out, cause damned if I was going to stay home on New Years, but...man, with all the meds I took, I probably should have stayed home. I was on my own private island for awhile. I drank half a bottle of dayquill and took some cold medicine too...and got all fuzzy/loopy so decided not to drink. This made me the designated driver and all too sober companion to the masses of drunk people at the party we wound up at.
I had the most boring conversations with people about drunk stuff I didn't care about since I wasn't drinking. I longed to go home (alone!) and sleep. I said to myself about a million times, "I need a drink." And then proceeded to grab a cranberry juice on the rocks. I got spit on by some dude who couldn't keep his tongue in his mouth when talking. I almost got puked on by this girl who passed out/fell with her full beer. I got champagne sprayed on my ass when someone openned a bottle. I got a captain and coke spilled on me. I got kissed by dudes I've considered brothers, which really freaked me out. Some chick said I was beautiful...random, but thanks! I found myself going to the bathroom for amusement, going outside with smokers to escape the heat in the party, and making what sounded like drunk phone calls, but were really just escape routes that failed. All in all, it was an extremely interesting night in which I ended up looking really smart and "together"...or a stuck up bitch that never chilled out. But in the end, I got to see people I haven't seen in a very long time. I got a wee bit of action...albeit a little bit uncomfortable...and I didn't spend New Years alone, sick. So, I had a decent New Years. Hope you all did too, but I am still offering my word to the wise: DON'T DD on major holidays. Don't over medicate, and DO drink because everyone else is anyway and it isn't all that grand being the only one getting spilled on.

Fun stuff! Hope I have a speedier recovery than the current situation I am in. I am on day 5 of whatever flu this is and my roommates are in for a doosey.