Christmas Party Black out

Dear Future Self,

It's not cool to black out at a Christmas party and follow someone around all night.  How do I know this?  Because I've done it.  Fresh from my rejection by the bad boy, I flew to see my parents for Christmas.  Their oldest, oldest friends were having their annual Christmas Eve party and we were invited.  I was to attend not one but two Christmas Eve parties that night.  I flew from SF to PDX, stepped off the plane into party number 1.  It was a family party, we make waffles every year for dinner, and unfortunately, I only ate 1 single waffle.  I was drinking wine with my waffle and thought I would be ok with just a little meal, turns out I was wrong.  Feeling good, we left for party number 2, which was in full swing when we arrived.  These people lived near us when I was growing up, and their son is my exact age.  We have baby pics of us together through out the years, and he grew up into quite the handsome fellow.  I hadn't seen him in a few years, and the last time I saw him, everyone joked that he was crushing on me.  I figured that that rumor was enough to make my move.  After several glasses of wine from the first party, I made a rookie mistake:  I switched to vodka.  The cute guys dad actually made it for me from a fancy vodka dispenser he had gotten that night as a gag gift.  oh boy.  I remember talking to N. about things like work and school etc.  I remember sitting next to him on the couch playing with a little dog named Rudy.  I remember following him into the dining room...kind of.  I don't remember saying good-bye.  I don't remember telling his mom that I wanted to marry him.  I don't remember whispering in his dad's ear as we were leaving that I thought his son was really cute.  I don't remember the drive home or walking into our hotel.

I woke up the next day with the worst hang over of my life.  And it was Christmas day!  I had a full day of events ahead of me!  I dragged myself into my parents room to try and piece together the previous nights details.  My dad had no idea I was drunk and my mom thought it was absolutely hilarious.  She laughed at me as she told me that I was following this guy around like a puppy.  Like a dog in heat were her exact words.  Oops.  I was mortified, this guy probably thinks I'm some crazy drunk girl.  I had to see his family the next day at lunch.  No one said anything to me of course, but I felt really awkward!  I mean it's really embarrassing but here's the thing, everyone does embarrassing stuff when they're tipsy right?  You just have to laugh it off!