January 13th, 2010

if only they had liquor delivery

One of our resolutions was to drink less at home. The plan of attack was to just not have anything here, so we wouldn’t have to have a lot of willpower… just concentrate on the work that would be required to get in the car and drive to the store, and that would convince us to not bother. As it turns out, the need for a stiff drink quickly overpowers our laziness—well, the Chop’s really. It’s too damn cold for me to go outside unless I absolutely have to.

Last night I worked till around two on a new site from a client. She had hired some self-proclaimed “experts” and they blew her site to hell. It was loads of fun.

Today has been no better. Eleven emails to build and send, three separate conference calls, one server that went down and a complete lack of alcohol. There are two bottles of wine from the wedding, half a bottle of peach schnapps and an almost full bottle of Kahlua—and sadly, I have no interest in a wine-schnapps cooler and really, WTF would you do with Kahlua?

So as it turns out, I’ve figured out a really good way to not drink. Only have crappy stuff in the house and hold firm to not letting your husband go buy vodka for you and voila! Problem solved.