I.C.U.

I left the I.C.U. one hour ago.No I was not in an accident or been stricken by some deadly illness.I have finally passed the plateau of my hangover.I rarely have hangovers but when I do they are of I.C.U magnitudes.Yesterday one of the international students was having a bash and I decided to attend to represent good old K.E.N.Y.A, it was pretty good and all continents were represented, for a change I actually met an American who knew where Kenya was and even about Nairobi; I had gotten so tired of the blank stares,moronic statements and the impromptou geography lessons that I have to give that I usually tell people I am from East Africa.Moving on, one of my other new year's resolutions is no more drinking and it is one that I had been faithful to until last night.As I came in I noticed that there were no soft drinks so I decided to have a bottle of brown water aka Lite Beer.After having one I noticed that the supply of drinks was running low and I decided to grab what I could.So what had remained was vodka, so I went ahead and poured myself a half a cup and added some ice and lime juice.In my rush for the free vodka I had forgotten why prior to that night I had not drunk vodka in 4 years.First of all there the burnng sensation as it goes down your throat,then the unexpected inebriation that strikes you when you least expect it (I have had a friend who shifted from political discourse to cursing and jibberish in 2 seconds), the memory loss (I have a night that I have 3 different acccounts of, I know in my head I stopped those 2 from fighting; but I was told that I did an impressive job of kicking both of their asses- but that is a post for another day), then last but not least there is the hangover and dehydration if you didnt drink at least 500ml before you went to bed.
Anyway I got up feeling like someone had taken a sledgehammer to my head then ran over it with a semi truck and at the same time feeling like there was a dance troupe tap dancing in my skull.My mouth tasted like something had died in it and my tongue felt like sandpaper.I was felt totally drained so getting up was a herculean task, I could hardly stand sound so I watched the tv on mute ( thank God for closed captioning! ).To add insult to my injuries I had gone to the gym yesterday so in addition to my head, my chest was aching, biceps were spasming and my abs felt like I had gone 15 rounds with Oscar de la Hoya and Bruce Lee had used it as a kicking board afterwards.The headache meds I took seemed to have no effect so I could only drink water and fizzy drinks till my appetite returns ( vodka hangovers kill my appetite ).
But the appetite did return and I did manage to have breakfast at noon and luch at 4 p.m.I am now at 80% capacity, I have spent most of the day replacing the brain cells that I lost during last night's bender by reading a book for one of my classes that is so interesting that I intend to post on it soon.
Lesson of the day: Vodka is the tool of the devil!
Lesson 2: There is nothing as dangerous as free alcohol
Lesson 3: Don't forget the lessons of the past
Lesson 4: Always go to a bash with some of your own liqour/soft drinks
Lesson 5. Even under the influence some women still remain sexually unappealling
Lesson 6: Please learn from my mistakes and do not imitate me!