yesterday’s panic attack
so i’ve been having these massive headaches in the middle of the afternoon at work and it has really been stressing me out. i’ve spent the last week or so trying to figure out what could be wrong with me: do i hate my job? do i hate the guy who sits next to me? am i pmsing? i thought as critically as i possibly could and was coming up empty.
yesterday, i had a business lunch with my boss and the other member of my team offsite at our usual spot and i had a vodka tonic, as one cocktail does nothing to impact my net productivity at the office. clearly my boss agrees with my cocktail theory as he paid for the lunch…within roughly 30 minutes of imbibing the drink, i had another massive headache. by the time i returned to the office i realized that all of my headaches had come after one of these off-site “meetings” and i began to panic. could i possibly be allergic to vodka? if so, what would i do? what would this mean for my life? my social life largely revolves around my friends, food, wine, dance parties, and grey goose. i have been drinking vodka since i was sixteen and i just cannot imagine goose not being a part of my life. i started to panic and decided i needed to test out my allergy theory, so i went back to the bar for another “meeting” after work, this time i had vodka but no tonic and i was a-ok.
luckily it looks like i’m just allergic to tonic but i should be a-ok with vodka going forward. thank god.
