When Drinking is a Waste of Money
By Susan Mercedes. Filed in Drinks, Friends, TweetUp |I had a lot of fun last night. It was Thursday night. I work on Fridays. With this in mind I decided to skip alcohol. Well, I did nurse a vodka soda and one beer at the beginning of the night. Moral of the story. I had a blast sober.
I spend two hours watching fun presentations at #igniteSLC. It was a great event especially for those of us with ADD. We zipped through many presentations on many different topics while the slide show raced and the presenters made us laugh. I visited with lots of old friends and met many new friends.
Then I moved fast and went to a local pub in Salt Lake City, Utah…Piper Down. There was a The Underground Comedy Troupe featuring 5 stand-up comedians. Again more laughs for the evening. During the comedy show, we learned that a friend who left moments before was pulled over and given a field sobriety test and a breathalyzer. She blew a zero. Yeah, @kittygutz! That’s the best test to fail. I mean, get no points.
Apparently not everyone had such a pure night.
On my clearheaded drive home at 12:30 am I approached a car at a red light. And then boom. I glanced over at a fellow late night driver and I was blessed with a view.
It was 20 degrees outside, the windows are down and this girl is puking her heart out. I got a great seat for that event. Yuck. This is precisely when drinking is a waste of money.




Friday, March 27th 2009 at 9:13 am
I can’t believe you got a photo in the moment. That takes skills, my friend. You can hang with my tribe anytime.
susanmercedes Reply:
March 28th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Laura: If your tribe is filled with cool people like you, then I’ll hang with you all any day. About the picture…I’m not sure that skill was worth it. I did have to watch a girl vomit. Yuck!
Thursday, April 2nd 2009 at 12:56 pm
Yay for me! I really wish he would have gone straight to the breathalyzer, rather than making me freeze my butt off walking a straight line. I know he was just doing his job… but I knew I wasn’t drunk. Just lots of nerves from presenting at Ignite!