I woke up suddenly at 5am this morning. As I squinted to try confirm the time on my clock, my mobile suddenly went off. It was a text from my cousin. Why anyone would text at 5am is beyond me. I can understand why she texted when she did. we exchanged a flurry of texts and when i tried to get up, my head was spinning. I have never woken up with a headache like that. I must have finally experienced a hangover for the first time in my life.

You see, I normally drink red wine. I prefer it to white, although i have had white occasionally, very cold, not just chilled and i prefer it on a really hot day. But last night, i bought a nice sweet Rose, cost me an arm and a couple of toesgot home and had a glass immediately(on an empty stomach. It had been a bit of a rough day and wasn't about to abate so i had to have it. I then decided to cook, made enough for me and my flatmate who had just come in. When i told her i was cooking enough for both of us, she became petulant and said I don't eat her food when she cooks. I don't like eating at 10pm. She puts in too much salt and she never says when she's gonna cook so i take care of myself.

She wasn't about to say no to the food though(that would have meant a lousy sandwich), so i offered her the wine and we started to talk a lot and gossip a bit:p.The meal was great, she ate every last morsel and i think there was more than enough greens to compensate for all our drinking. We polished off the bottle in no time.At the end I had a small glass of water before going to bed. In retrospect, i should probably have had a couple of large glasses.

So I got up gingerly to go and pee. My head was pounding and all i wanted was to go back to sleep and my stomach was feeling queasy. I didnt have the energy to go downstairs and drink water. I tried going back to sleep since my alarm had been set for 7:30am. Two hrs i should have been sleeping or having a spate of axiety attacks and there I was, staring at the ceiling, trying to still my head and stomach.

I tossed and turned and eventually got up, had a bath, had some breakfast, a glass of water and left the house only to be lost for two hrs. won't get into that now. My head is throbbing still, but at least it's not pounding anymore.

No more rose wine for me. at least not tonight