Just another bill...

And the waiting continues. I have realised just how much booze there is in this house, and that is plenty. I don't know how this has happened, probably all along the Christmas presents, the Christmas party. I know I have opened quite my fair share of booze, but unless it's called Bailey's then it's just another bottle which I'll put in the booze cabinet, hoping someone will come, someone who appreciates the booze. And is someone like that knocks at my door, I'll be happy to put it all in one bag for him or her. No problem. As long as they enjoy it, they're very welcome. I like looking at the bottles, but that's about it. I have no idea what this funny relationship I have with alcohol is. It's just a no relationship at all. And yet I like looking at the bottles. Funny. But then it's not as if I'm not funny with other things. I can never understand someone looking forward to the weekend because they can splosh out on the booze. I will look forward to a weekend where I can relax, but not drink. Which is another silly thing. I get asked, with looks of amazement and furry brows up in no time, Don't you drink? Of course I drink, I drink heaps of Diet Coke, coffee, water, some orange juice sometimes. That's drink right? But no, it's always a reference of, don't you ever hit the bottle? No, not unless it's a Diet Coke one, and if it comes with the man in the Diet Coke ad, oh sure I'll hit the bottle and everything else. If anybody want to drink alcohol it's fine by me, they can drink copious amounts, it doesn't bother me. That is how good citizens should behave when instead of the bottle, there's a cigarette in question. If they don't like it, I am not going to force them to smoke, but I should be let smoke as much as I want. But no, the world doesn't see it that way. So it's all right to hold someone's head, hold your nose and look the other way, while they're puking the booze out, but just the faintest smell of a cigarette makes them sick. Oh am I so tired of this behaviour. They can drink but I cannot smoke. But I don't drink I just smoke. I really would like to see alcohol banned in public places, oh then that's when there will be an uproar. But if everybody were like me, then the AA would close down, and quite a few people from Sedqa would be unemployed. We groan and grunt about the hazards of drinking, yet, if we had all to follow my regulations, quite a few people would be piling up at Hal Far unemployed. We groan and grunt about families and the dysfunctional attitudes, but if we all had model families then they'd be on the dole too. And if no people were on the dole, then ETC would close too, and where would unemployed ETC people go to? So let us rejoice on alcoholism, bad parenting, because they contribute to the economy, or, as yours truly sees it, they rip the economy apart. And they get off the Enemalta surcharge because there's always people like me who will foot the bill. And then, I cannot light up in peace? Go away and let me smoke myself to death. Look the other way if you don't like cigar smoke, or better still, change your location. Because I will at least have deserved my own funeral which will of course not be paid out of your money, but mine. I'll have had plenty of practise footing the bill.