So it was on this weekend that I decided to re-introduce myself to that mystical liquid we all know, love and hate. ALCOHOL. Well to start myself and a friend were driving to Calgary to hang out with a buddy for the first night of stampede. I was able to trade off driving with this friend so I was able to take naps on the way there. I forgot my earplugs though which are now a necessity I keep on me almost 24 hours of the day, as you never know when the opportunity for a good nap will strike. This meant that most of my naps were filled with me coming in and out of sleep. Once we arrived we did a quick arms circuit with some weights and chairs and other things around the apartment (so nothing intense). We planned to head to a bar that night maybe stampede grounds if it so intrigued us.
I was planning not to really drink, I thought I would try just having a couple but to quote a great man "Once it hits your lips its just so
good". I ended up finishing a 26 of vodka and a six pack before leaving the
apartment. Also spent $140 dollars at the bar. Went black-ops all night
no idea where I was and my friends had no idea either. I apparently
walked into the bar and vanished like my memory. Either way they found
me much later that night in another part of Calgary with the help of a
friendly Canadian Bagel employee who after finding me drove us all home. I know you will probably never see this but thank-you very much my bagel angel or bangel.
The hangover was no where near what I thought it would be. I have no idea how long I slept that night. When I woke I definitely didn't feel refreshed from a longer than usual sleep. I took some naps on the drive from Calgary to Edmonton but I still was having trouble falling asleep. I did not have sore muscles from exercise though my entire body kind of felt sore/abused. I was not overly tired at any point this day even though I only had a couple of less than adequate naps. I feel that I am partially just becoming very good at functioning in a sleep deprived state.
When we made it to the BBQ I had a couple of beers over the course of the day but nothing serious, mostly just chilled with buddies. Well that was until it got dark and we decided to have roman candle fights!! How this worked was each person got a roman candle and a garbage can lid for a shield. The fireworks were lit at the same time and then both fighters ran away from each other until their first shot went off when they could turn and start firing on the other. Great time, a couple minor injuries and only 1 face shot. After all this I was worried about being tempted to oversleep as I did not have much to do. So I just stayed up the latest around the fire and woke up as soon as I heard people. This again was longer than I should be sleeping but really not by that much.
In the morning I felt much better and mentally reinforced that I was going to stick with the sleeping pattern even after this weekend of mistakes. I still had trouble napping during the drive but was able to get a couple naps in once I had returned home. I felt that my muscles had recovered reasonably well from the previous week of exercise and I was going to add Muay Thai as well now.
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