I wake up this morning to find that my friend Emily had called an hour earlier. I check the voicemail she left. This is what it says: “Hi there! Got your message. Yeah, I’m doing fine, just a little tired right now. But yes I would LOVE to do brunch today! Say noonish? Looking forward to it!”
Here is my thought process: “That is so funny. I never called Emily to invite her to brunch. Has she gone crazy? No, she probably mis-dialed. I’m sure she’s realized her mistake by now.” I go back to sleep.
Then around noon I get a text from Emily: “We still on for brunch?”
She’s really gone crazy! So strange. I check my outgoing calls from last night to make absolutely sure that I didn’t call Emily. And guess what? I did call Emily. 10:30 pm. I. Called. Emily. I thought I was asleep by 10:30 pm!
I think this was my very first Ambien blackout, you guys. I’ve heard of them before, but I’ve never been a victim of one. I think it was because my period started yesterday. I’m serious. Plus I didn’t have that much to eat yesterday — I haven’t really had an appetite lately. But you know how the absolute worst time to drink alcohol is when you’re starting your period and you haven’t eaten much? Because you’ll definitely black out? I think the same applies to Ambien! I really think I blacked out because I was on my period. I remember in my younger days when I partied, I always had to be really careful around the start of my period because alcohol affected me so much stronger then. Weeeeird how Ambien is the same.
Anyway. Thank goodness Emily saw the humor in the situation. We ended up doing brunch at 1! And it was fab! And we’re seeing a movie tonight! So thank you, Ambien-Blackout Sasha, for making such awesome plans for me today!
