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Another Drunken Episode

Most of that July fourth went pretty well. It was a warm northern California day, shorts and tank tops prevailed. We had too much food but nobody complained. Dave and Mark took turns manning the barbeque so no meat got burnt and both had time to drink beer.

Lizzy and I had done the prep work for all the side dishes the night before and decorated the back yard at six am. We had a horse trough filled with ice, beer, wine, and assorted sodas, along with recycle bins for the empties.

Things started to go to hell about dark. Mark’s friend Bob put out a cigarette in Dave’s beer just before Dave snatched up the bottle and took a big swig. Dave went after Bob and smashed into Lizzy’s dad instead. Lizzy’s dad fell into the rose bushes and got twelve puncture wounds he was thrashing around so much. I had too much wine and ended up in the guest bathroom puking my guts out. When I tried to get up and flush, I fell and broke my leg. It was humiliating enough for all my friends to see me like that. But one of the ambulance drivers was Annie’s boyfriend at work and I don’t think I’ll ever be able to come out of my cubicle again.

The roses are trashed. Mark and Dave aren’t speaking, Lizzys still pissed off at Bob and I’m in a cast.

It was a great party.