This is a really nice post Briar. It reminds me of all the ways in which alcohol distorts our view of the world and of all the simple pleasures that it denies us. Only last week I had a bad cold and was watching a movie....I was not hungover that day and found myself wrapped in a blanket eating ice cream and felt happy. For once I felt ill but not not near as ill as the hangovers I had to keep pretending I didn't have. They suck. Watching a movie with a cold like anyone else....that was awesome.