I had an interesting 2:15 a.m. wake up call this morning in the form of 3 drunk females banging on my door so loudly that even in the bedroom furthest from it and with the fan on, it woke me out of a sound sleep. Granted, Hooch's instantaneous bark/growl also helped it a bit. Still not being full awake, I ran out into the living room and I was still discombobulated from having been deep in sleep and still hearing the banging and the yelling before I finally called for Big A. Finally I woke up enough to peek out of the window to see who had opened the screen door and was banging on the steel door - my old high school classmates: JB, AM (who lives 2 doors down and is the one that I mentioned in a previous entry about being a mother who still does keg stands) and SC. Big A was going to open the door and give them a piece of his mind. While that would have been fun to witness, I knew they were drunk and it would probably do no good; it was best to ignore them until they went away which they did a few minutes later.
Big A was fuming at this time and eventually my anger grew as well. Who does this kind of thing when you're 39? Between the 3 of them, they are mothers to 6 kids. What mother acts like this (other than maybe Lindsey Lohan's)? I guess other than JB who I really like, I shouldn't be surprised with the other two who refuse to believe they are as old as they are. SC recently mentioned on her Facebook page that her oldest son just got his license and now he can be her designated driver. I'm sure that was written in jest but I'm also sure there was some truth in it. SC and AM constantly post pictures of themselves drinking in bars or by the pool or on a beach somewhere and JB is usually in them too although she lives 2 hours away and seems to see them only a couple times a year which is when she surfaces in their pictures. I could play a drinking game with their status updates - take a shot of something every time one of them uses the word 'cocktail' in it.
Today, I wasn't going to say anything on Facebook about what happened earlier this morning but then JB wrote on my wall about their attempts at seeing me "last night" and hoping that AM wouldn't get into trouble with the neighborhood association with their "enthusiastic" attempt at seeing me. I responded by saying that technically 2:15 a.m. wasn't last night. JB replied by apologizing and saying that they wanted some "Murf time". Big A, still fuming, threw in his 2 cents by saying that apologies are for when you step on toes or drop cake, not when you are shitfaced and want to show it to others. SC then contributed her apology and said that she hopes we don't hate our neighbor, AM, for it.
Earlier today when talking about it, Big A asked if we were all friends in high school. We weren't. They were all part of the popular crowd while I was more of a "floater". I knew AM from late elementary school on but we never hung out past 7th or 8th grade. I never had any high school classes with nor have I ever said two words to SC before becoming Facebook friends a couple of years ago. Same with JB but we became friends when we had classes together in college. I can only imagine that they think we are all friends now due to Facebook and I guess I entertain them with my status updates or something so now they want to hang out with "funny Murf".
Funny Murf really isn't interested.
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This is the second post this morning about the bad things that happen when you have a Facebook page. I'm glad I don't have one.
I can't remember the last time I was drunk but I'm guessing it has been a decade ago or more. Even then, I can count the number of times I've been drunk on one hand. I just never liked the feeling.
This reminds me of a book I read a year or so ago, about the refusal of younger generations to grow-up. It's as if some are deliberately stuck in that high school or college mindset and cannot get past it, no matter how many "adult" responsibilities they have.
BTW, I agree with Ed re: Facebook. Too many potential problems for my tastes.
Cheers.
Ed & R. - Facebook is relatively useless for me since there aren't many in my past that I want to be reacquainted with but I do enjoy it for staying connected with family and friends that live elsewhere that I've made since I've grown up. Also I'm a bit of a voyeur so I like looking at others pictures.
What are your thoughts on LinkedIn?
R. - Since Ed shared when the last time he was drunk I have to ask...when was the last time for you? :-)
What to you mean by "drunk?" I've not been falling down crap-faced since college, but I've had occasion to realize that I needed to stop at get-togethers of various sorts over the years. I think when one loses the ability to make good decisions, one has crossed the line.
BTW, that sort of behavior can cause me to lose my Law License, so I don't play with fire(water).
Cheers (Hic)
I think you need to do some Murf status updates on here so we can see what we're missing out on :)
I like living 700 or so miles from my HS friends. I would have been pissed!
Sage, I was and I let them know it.
This reminds me of 3 females we got behind in line at a minor league baseball game last week. They looked to be well into their late 30's/early 40's and were clearly already feeling pretty good. They were laughing like 13-year-olds. Anyway, there were probably about 12-15 people ahead of them, and they stood in line until they got up to the ticket window, then peeled off and went towards the gate, without buying tickets.
I surmised that they had thought the whole time they were in the line to enter the stadium instead of the line to the ticket window.
Oh, this is a fine way to start Blogust, by the way :)
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