Sorry for the long absence. I've been pretty busy & I've only made one blog worthy recipe! I'll be back with that later. But I wanted to share something that happened this week with all of you.
Thursday was a birthday celebration for one of my friends. We had reservations at an East 4th restaurant, which shall remain nameless, because frankly, it sucked. I'm not sure the word 'bad' would apply since most everything was tasteless. Oh and if we're a table of 6 spending over $200, maybe I can get my club soda comped instead of paying $3 for a rocks glass full! But anyway. At dinner, the birthday gal & a friend shared a bottle of wine. The rest of the table had some watered down vodka. Sorry, I went back there again. Anyway, the friend, we shall call Sally had 2 glasses from that bottle. No one drank a lot at dinner. I would like to add, all 6 of us drink. 4 of the 6 are bartenders and/or bar owners. We are not tea-totallers, we can throw back. This is relevant, I promise. Stay with me.
After dinner we walked to the Corner Alley for some bowling. While waiting for our lane, we were hanging out by the bar. Sally & my friend wandered back to the attendant to harass him about our lane & get our shoes. They chatted with some other guys that were waiting also. I was at the other end of the bar with the other girls, so I wasn't there, I don't know what went on. The girls came back & we got our lane & started our game. We were all on about our 3rd drinks, about to order another. Sally started to get a little upset about something & got in a fight with the birthday girl. A physical shoving argument. Weird. Then another friend stepped in & the same thing happened. We got Sally calmed down & she called her boyfriend we think. We kept bowling & she did too, but she seemed angry. So, B-day girl & her went outside to smoke. After a bit, only b-day girl came back in. Sally was angry & stayed outside to have another cigarette. We kept bowling & some time passed. I got a text from her, saying, help, I can't get back in. What does she mean? So I went outside & she says the police officer at the door won't let her back in. Confused, I went & asked him why-he said she's completely intoxicated, she can't be in here. Completely intoxicated? No she isn't. I mean yes, something happened with her inside, but she's only had a few glasses of wine.
This was Thursday & it was about 30 degrees outside. I said you can't just leave her out there, something could happen. He says he called a car to pick her up but cancelled it when I came out. Meaning she was going to be arrested! Public intoxication. Protect & serve, my ass, and I have friends that are cops! Anyway, I go back in & two of the girls say they are going to go anyway, they'll drive her home. We were all very confused & thought maybe she had mixed some medication or something.
We stay & finish our game & then try to leave. Well, its March Madness, there's no getting out of downtown, so we go to another bar & continue the fun. What we didn't know is that Sally was violently ill & vomiting all over herself the whole way home. Her boyfriend was asleep & she couldn't get in her house, so they had to take her home with them. They put her in the shower & she was still quite sick. They just thought she drank too much & maybe didn't eat enough. We all did. But her downward spiral seemed to come all of sudden & really intense.
I talked to my friend in the morning & she said Sally doesn't remember anything at all past getting to the bowling alley. Her whole body was sore & she was dazed & confused. She thinks she was drugged. Now we were not some group of hot, young girls. I'm the youngest at 38, the rest are all in their 40's and early 50's. I remember seeing a couple of guys looking at all of us & thinking it was odd, but I didn't know why. I mean, why wouldn't they look, we were being kind of loud & having fun. But what's the goal of drugging one of us? According to Wikipedia: The reasons for drink spiking range from personal amusement or maliciousness to theft or sexual assault.
So, was she drugged? Who knows. But, this is not the first time we think one of my friends has been slipped something. At a concert years ago, another friend acted the same way. We actually were young & hot back then (haha)! But we didn't know it then either, we thought she was just really drunk & dropped her off with her boyfriend. Its scary to think that no one really realizes it until the next day when the person comes to.
Sally is ok, but upset about it. I just wanted to share this with all you ladies. When you go out together-be safe! Watch your drinks at all times. And maybe drink from a bottle instead of a glass if you can.
