Partying in Gainesville

So this past weekend I decided to take a trip up to Gainesville to spend some time with my family. Lo stayed with my grandmother so I could have some adult fun. After driving almost 6 hours in the rain, I finally got up there. I met up with my aunt, uncle, his wife, and my cousin and had a pretty decent meal at a local restaurant. Home made creamed corn - YUM!

After that my cousin and I dropped my car off at his place and headed out to the bowling alley - Alley Katz. His friend was bartending there and it turns out that they also had karaoke. I happen to be the queen of karaoke - I love being center stage, singing my heart out. It's fun. There weren't too many people there so it was pretty instantaneous with putting your name in and going up and singing. The problem was that they didn't use CD's, they just used the computer, so the music and the lyrics on the screen were off, like big time. If you didn't know all the words to the song you were screwed. So I was kinda screwed the first song, but after that I learned.

Since my cousin's friend was the bartender we had the hook up. We had a few shots and a lot of whiskey sours. Yeah, a lot. Normally I'm fine with drinking them because I spoil myself with Jack Daniels, this was the well liquor, so it hit me hard. We left around 2 and I almost got sick on the drive home. My cousin put in The Hangover and we attempted to watch it. I passed out and woke up around 4:30, freezing, so I climbed in bed.

We were supposed to go to Gatornationals on Saturday morning with the rest of the family (for those that don't know, Gatornationals is a drag racing thing). We tried to get up, we really did. I made it from the bed to the floor, he made it from the couch to the bed, and we stayed there until about noon. Then he decided that we should try to eat something, so he made pizza. I went in the living room, had a sip of water, and there was the creamed corn again! Oh, fun times. After that I just decided to sit perfectly still, I mean, it was the worst hangover I'd had in years. I ended up falling asleep on the couch and he woke me up around 3:30 so I could get ready for my other cousin's 1st birthday party. By that time I was feeling so much better.

Got in the shower, and apparently as soon as I got in there my cousin started to feel sick so he had to go outside (like I said, we had a lot to drink the night before). We headed out to my cousin's place and had a pretty good time at the party. Unfortunately for me, the party was outside, up north. It was cold and windy. Where was my sweater? At my cousin's house. Fun times. :)

After the party we went to another cousin's house to play Catchphrase and Scene-It Sports. We all had a blast. Left around 11, watched SNL (Jude Law was hosting, <3). Woke up around 10 (9 normal time, stupid daylight savings), and headed home. The ride back wasn't too bad since there was no rain. I just forgot how far Gainesville was from Ft. Lauderdale.

This weekend it's Orlando with the girls, the following it's Melbourne to help my sister stock her freezer with food for when the baby arrives (14 more days!). At some point I'd like to head back to Okeechobee since the firefighter said he wants to see me. Not sure if it'd be worth it though. We shall see.