On drinking

I turn 21 tomorrow, so I'll be able to drink. Will I? That remains to be seen... haha... I'll let you guess whether or not I will.

Anyways, tonight we had my birthday dinner since I chose a real expensive Spanish restaurant to go out to and their paella was the special tonight. For dessert I ordered an apple tart basically. It was cooked in rum and brandy. Most of the desserts were made in some sort of alcohol. The sundae sauce was made out of sangria if that is an indication. The flan was made out of a caramel and brandy sauce. The apple tart was DELICIOUS. It was the perfect amount of caramel and apple. The sauce was really light. As we're sitting there looking at the dessert menu, my sister comments everything is going to be made out of alcohol and now my mom, dad, and I would be drunk and Steph was sitting there priding herself in remaining alcohol free and sober. My mom explained to her that the alcohol was simply for flavoring and is burnt off in the cooking. Sis didn't buy it. So I sat there enjoying my delicious alcoholic dessert and rubbing it in her face. It was awesome. 

As we're going out to the car sis throws a fit (whining, complaining, and near tears) saying how she doesn't want to drive with a drunk. Everyone reassures her, but she still throws a fit. I was able to stay in the lines on the road coming home, and even managed to drive on the freeway, so I don't think I was that intoxicated.

Sis is so anti-drinking in general. I'm going to the casino with my mom tomorrow and one of the reasons my sister won't go is because people drink there. 

When we go to a restaurant, especially TGI Fridays where alcohol is served, they have a huge bar, and an extensive drink menu placed on every table she throws a fit. She asks why people drink, says how disgusting it is, and says how she wants to be like Carrie Nation and go in and bust all the beer bottles and everything. THIS HAPPENS EVERYTIME WE GO SOMEWHERE LIKE THIS. It gets old. 

I tell her to just tolerate people drinking, you don't have to hang around them, it is their personal choice, it is relaxing for some, and just stay away if you disagree; nobody said you have to be there at the bar with them.

My mom bought a couple cans of beer recently for beer battered shrimp, beer biscuits, and things of that sort. My sister nearly had a heart attack and went off about how people shouldn't drink and still, to this day complains the cans of beer are sitting there in the refrigerator. 

It really is annoying after since she says the same thing over and over. I hate people who drink. Drinking is yucky. Who knows where she got this stance. I am not worried. If people choose to drink, that is their choice. 

I actually think we need alcohol because it can make anybody pretty, it can make white people dance, and lots of other fun stuff. 

Writing this whole post has really worked me up. I need a drink to loosen up, I think.

Here's to me turning 21!