Would you believe me?

...If I told you that I once swore to myself I would never ever in my life drink alcohol?

Because I sure as heck wouldn't.

...

Judging from my Instagram, where basically every 5th picture involves a drink of some kind, one could safely assume I'm pretty much an alco in the making, no?

But let's back up a bit to that time where I swore I'd never drink.

Way back in the day, when I was a young, innocent little one, I attended a small private school that was Kindergarten through 12th grade.

With, wait for it....300 students in the entire school.

Yes, let that sink in.

300 students in the entire school. Not the Senior class. The entire K-12 school.

My graduating class had 14 students.

Half of which I had been in school with since I was 5 years old.

{But we can delve into that monstrosity another day.}

Anyway, needless to say, it was a very small school.

A very small Christian school.

Where basically, drinking alcohol meant you were the devil.

{Or so I was lead to believe.}

So, of course, what would you, as a little 14-year-old who had grown up in this atmosphere, do?

You would swear off alcohol and you would turn down all invitations to weekend parties where parents were out of town and kids would get rowdy off a few Mike's Hard Lemonades.

Okay, that's a lie.

You'd have to first get invited to said parties in order to turn them down.

So yeah, I was a goody goody, to say the least. And everyone knew it.

...

So. What changed, you may be thinking?

Well, I went to college. In Los Angeles. Home of the Devil Drinkers.

And at 18 years old, I had my very first alcoholic beverage.

Using my very first fake I.D. with the name of Jenny Kim.

Very fitting, I know.

And then I never looked back.

I grew to love the alcohol more and more.

It became a part of me.

It became my best friend and sometimes my worst enemy in most social situations.

I loved it so much, I even painted a picture of it.

This past weekend, as I was drinking my 3rd mimosa of the morning, I had to chuckle a bit to myself.

It's just amusing to me to see how prominent drinking has come to play in our lives.

Hang outs, sporting events, luxury movie theatres, parties, breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Wine tasting, bowling, golf, happy hour, Taco Tuesday, Thirsty Thursday, shots, shots, shots, shots, shots, shots, everyyyboodddyyy!

You see what I mean?

It has dominated.

Am I complaining? No.

Do I have a point to this post? No.

Do I plan to have some more wine tonight? Yes.

Do you all think I'm a raging alcoholic? Probably.

Cheers.

xoxo