Grog…

March 17, 2021

It is ‘Good Excuse For Drinking’ day…and no bars open? Sigh. What is a fella to do? We have gone through a Christmas and a St. Patrick’s day without the staunchly traditional part of it… No bleary-eyed, slurred, “..but really…I thingk youware bea-u-ti-ful…” No, “…oooops….I thingk I peed my pantz”. Sigh. Doing that at home alone loses some of it’s shine. It’s not amusing and there is no one around to tell you what happened that night. They don’t know, they were home alone too. I guess that a few of the bars and restaurants are hosting a Zoom or a Facetime St. Paddy’s. That should be dangerous and weird. I think of the delay effect and folks carrying their ipad or phone with them into the toilet and not shutting the video or audio off. oooops.

Another good excuse for drinking is the blahness of lockdown. Simply knowing we are limited, closed off, shut down brings out the restlessness. There is much to do here at the house but I can’t get up and get at it, I am too thirsty. I am too hungry as well. I am hungry, thirsty and I am shifty because I know I can’t go anywhere freely. A fella can’t just ‘pop in for a look around’ and wander the shops, have a nice lunch and beer. Of a certain, none of that is a necessary thing or a thing I even do all that often when it is possible. The knowing I may not makes for a hunger to do it. The knowing I can’t go for a beer with a friend makes me thirsty. I am like a teenager who has been held under house arrest…I want to pry open the window and escape. I want to sneak off somewhere but I can only go for a drive or a walk, that will have to suffice.

The changes during our Covid experiment of lockdown are interesting. I have read that ordinary flu and colds are less widespread. There were, by one study, 292 flu deaths versus 500,000 Covid deaths over the year in the U.S. Apparently, masks and lockdowns have had a major impact on communicable disease, illness and death. With everyone masked and staying at home, I am curious how many drunk driving arrests have been and will be avoided? I should Google that, just for the heck of knowing a new thing. (Slight pause and clicking sounds) After my quick look, I find The Toronto Sun notes that in Peel region, there are 29% fewer drunk driving arrests since the Covid lockdown began. Strangely, car theft has increased. Maybe sober folk have less difficulty with the whole hot-wiring situation?

I am meandering today. I couldn’t sleep last night and I took a pill, that makes me groggy for the day afterward. Had to do it, though. I needed a rest. Hm-de-dum…tap, tap, tap…I feel thirsty.