I have never done a hard drug in order to know what it feels like to come down from a major drug binge, but I imagine it feels somewhat like the morning after I got engaged.
First, bed time was delayed because of the middle of the night phone calls and Google chat sessions. Then my nerves got so jumbled with the excitement of the news, and getting to tell everyone who wasn’t awake at that time, that falling asleep was nearly impossible. I eventually drifted off, however it was short lived as I awoke at the crack of dawn (literally, I snapped a picture of the sunrise off the Chicago skyline), and lay there awake with butterflies of excitement waiting to tell my brother and sisters. Kyle and I had also decided to hold off on going FBO until I got to talk to my siblings. So, I contemplated how I would break the news to the Facebook world later on in the morning. Add to all this the anticipation of having to pack, fly home to Arizona to be greeted by my parents at the airport, and getting to show everyone back home in person the gorgeous ring I just received.
Through all of this elated emotion I felt like I was run over by a Mac truck. I had a massive headache (could probably be caused by the champagne the night before, or tequila…) and a stomach ache that was probably my stomach craving a Chicago style dog before leaving, or needing water desperately.
Then the exhaustion set in. After sharing the exciting news with my plane neighbors, I took as much of a nap as I could on a plane, and then landed, had a margarita with mom and dad, tried to maintain the happiness without the tears creeping in (of joy of course), had Mexican food with mom, picked up Kyle from the airport (because we were not even on the same flight), went to our favorite bar to meet his family for more drinks, and then I hit the wall. I couldn’t keep my eyes open. I wanted to lay my head of the giant bucket of peanuts in the middle of the bar table and snooze.
If the rest of the engagement is going to be this tiring, I am making an appointment at the court house very soon.
A picture of the sunrise- see I told you!
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