I am drunk. 22/08/2016

Yes ,for he first time in a very long time, in fact I do not even remember the last time I felt I was DRUNK! During dinner I had a glass of " Washington Merlot".It is lovely wine I like as much as a teetotaller can like wine. Allan,the sommelier,pours me a glass every evening and I know my arteries thank him for it. But tonight was the night to have a shot of drambuie on ice. Never having had it before I was surprised how nice it tasted. After the first class dinner of seafood salad and aged roast beef with all the trimmings plus the horseradish I like the most of all the condiments and this make was particularly good, I ordered "sticky toffee pudding"with roasted pineapple,caramelized banana and puffed grain,whatever that was. And it was seriously good,so good,in fact,that it called for an aperitif. Hence the glass of drambuie. There was so little of it and it cost nine and a half $ ! Is this the cost of alcohol? That alone would make be go off the booze altogether! I drink so rarely,and if I do have a glass of red wine,I never have any other drink. Tonight was an exception and I can feel it. So instead of going to the theatre at 10.30 it is the bed.