Casa De Morrill

It all started out innocent enough. The next thing I knew, though, I was laying on the couch with a horrendous migraine and an incredibly queasy stomach. That’s how my weekend went. Yesterday morning, I woke up early to meet a couple of my coworkers and fellow photographers to tromp through the Desert Botanical Gardens for a morning of photographing goodness. Kim has a Nikon D70 that he’s trying to convince me to buy and Amy has a Canon 300d that she’s trying me to buy. Me? I had my older, but true, Minolta STsi. I spent the next three hours having a blast taking pictures, trying out telephoto and macro lenses. Three hours later and 5 rolls of film, we were melting enough to call it quits for the day. I was really happy with some of the shots that I got (At least, I think the shots are good. We’ll find out when I get the film developed).
After a lunch at Abuelo’s, my favorite Mexican restaurant, I headed back home, sunburned and tired. Sean and I spent the rest of the day cleaning up the house. That night, we had a simple Italian dinner with some Chianti wine. I had one glass. The rest of the evening went by quietly. Got a few more things done around the house and finally crashed in bed.
This morning, the sun had risen long ago by the time my eyes opened. When they did open, the rest of my head screamed in pain. Ow! Migraine! How the hell do I have a migraine this early in the morning?! I lay in bed for a little while, thinking it would go away. I even tried reading. Nothing would get rid of it. I finally gave in and crawled down the stairs and collapsed on the couch groaning. Sean wanders into the room wondering where the groaning is coming from and then sees me on the couch. He comes to the determination that I have a “mini-hangover.” Apparently, sometimes you can get “mini-hangovers” from just drinking a small amount of alcohol. What the hell?! How unfair is that?! Needless to say, one breakfast, several Advils and a couple glasses of water later and I’m at least feeling human again. The lesson I learned? Never drink one glass of wine. Drink two!