In its definition of the common noun hangover Wikipedia keeps it short and straight to the point. However, the way I felt yesterday was far more complex than that.
In French we call 'gueule de bois' which translates literally to 'wooden face' or 'face of wood'. It's not really my face that felt worse but I surely looked like crap all day!
Sangria + Jack Daniels is not the best combo one can choose to consume and I accept the consequences of my choices.
I thus woke up dead early (as I do when I've had too much to drink) and felt really dehydrated. I thought a big fat glass of OJ would sort me out but the sugar only worsened my budding headache. I reached for the aspirin and Alka Seltzer and went back to bed. I believe that in these situations a state of perfect horizontality is necessary in the early stages of recovery. I tried to read but Proust was just a tad bit too challenging in the state I was in. So I just lay there with my husband, listening to Classic FM and hoping for a time when I could get up and function again.
Then came the munchies and I was weak. I made some toast...evil food. The usual balance of my diet had been disrupted! Me, who only ever eat fruit for my breakfast! It seemed that the few glasses of sangria and Jack Daniels I enjoyed the previous night shattered months and months of good work. After the toast I felt bloated, guilty and still hungover!
At some point we stumbled out of bed, got ready and went for a walk along the river. The freshness of the wind rid me of the wine stuck to my pores and I started to feel like I could still have a good day. Things were finally looking up but not for long.
2 hours later, I was starving again and this time for all sorts of savoury foods I never eat. I wanted pizza badly and after very little persuading on my part I got my husband to share my enthusiasm. We walked into a restaurant full of families and young kids. We usually carefully avoid these places cos we like to eat in peace but yesterday I wasn't myself anymore, I was a pizza craving animal with a stomach that needed filling! Despite children screaming for attention, spitting out food on the table and crying with open mouths full of half chewed dough I thoroughly enjoyed my mushroom pizza. It make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside!
We went home tired but satisfied and I even had the strength to make a crab and leek quiche for today!
I will reheat it tonight and have it with some desperately needed greens. The recipe is very easy, 200ml of cream, 2 eggs and some seasoning and whatever fish you fancy. I used crab and prawns but I am considering smoked trout next time.
After being around so much savoury food I fancied something sweet and made a simple peach and pear sponge. I never had time to photograph it as I ate most of it warm, straight out of the oven.
I still managed soup and half a baguette for dinner. I must have grown a second stomach overnight!
I am officially ashamed of my eating conduct. I have to pay the price today and sit on that bike of mine for at least 75 minutes. Damned consequences!
Needless to say, I will not be weighing myself today.
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