Alrighties, where shall we begin? The fact that it is 2pm on a Tuesday afternoon and I am hungover as f*#k, lying in my bathtub, drinking endless bottles of water and eating several oranges? The fact that I had one of the best nights of my life last night? The fact that it was one of those times where you were just having a good time and don't regret anything? The fact that I'm actually embracing this hangover because it reminds me of the swell time I had last night? 

So, last night (at 5pm) I was just minding my own business, sitting in my pyjamas and watching Gilmore Girls when one of my best friends texted me saying that we should go out and see some bands play at a bar. I felt somewhat inclined because I hadn't seen her in AGES and I've missed her quite a lot. I dressed somewhat (using the word somewhat twice in two sentences proves I need to enhance my vocabulary) casually and was ready for a drink or two and to be home and tucked up in bed by around 10pm. That's not what happened at all! [Background info] Living not in a college dorm situation means that I've escaped all the insane college parties or drinking benders... luckily... But last night was my first experience of the insanity living in a college entails (that may not be the right word... forgive me?). I arrived at her dorm around 6.30pm where we hung out for an hour or so. [Further background info] I'm not the kind of person who likes a lot of spontaneity, especially when it involves people I don't know (I was going out with one of my friends and a bunch of boys that live in her dorm room) and when I have little to no control (I wasn't driving so I had no easy way to escape if the situation turned insane). 5 of us huddled into, literally, the smallest car in the world and decided it would be fun to play red light - which, naive little me had never heard of. (Let me just put this out there that we had a designated driver who was not drinking, had no intention of drinking the entire night and did not drink!!!) The game is, whenever you pull up to a red light, you must take consecutive shots until the light goes green again. The boys took vodka shots, while us girls took tequila shots. Bad (but fun) decisions already... We showed up to these other guys dorm room on another university campus where we had pre-drinks (meaning us two girls downed a bottle of moscato between us in 10 minutes flat) and we walked a few blocks to a university bar that was having live music. [Let me just say that at this point, this was probably the most adventurous night I'd ever had, the craziest I had ever let myself be, but the most fun I've had in a long while.] We got to the bar where we watched bands, drank $4 basics and ran into a few people we went to high school with. Joys. We only stayed for about 30 minutes and then everyone came back to my place where we played 'drinking games'; things like: Never Have I Ever, Kings Cup, Truth or Dare, you get the gist (again, our designated driver was not drinking; he was playing with water which made for endless hilarious banter). By this point it was about 2:30am and we decided it was probably smart to get back to their place since that's where we had decided we were sleeping. It was back to the dorm room to watch The Croods (a very appropriate movie for 5 teenagers to be watching at 3am) and we all fell asleep.

Waking up this morning was fun. I was fine. We went out for breakfast which we liked to call "Part 2: The Morning After the Night Before." And it wasn't until I dropped off my friend at university, drove home and watched some Netflix that it began taking full effect. Hence why now it is 2:30pm on a Tuesday afternoon and I am sitting in a very relaxing lavender bath. 

I just want you to know that at no point am I "bragging" or "showing off" or trying to prove anything, I don't condone acting like this every night or even every week but I decided I needed to let my hair down a little, enjoy the night, let my friends take control, be spontaneous, have fun and embrace being a teenager. Having one night like this in my life has reminded me how important it is to let yourself have a little fun every now and then and to not take everything so seriously. It certainly made me realise that I am lucky to be surrounded by people who truly care about me and I am lucky to call them my best friends. It also made me put certain situations into perspective, the seriousness of certain relationships and the importance of certain relationships. 

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