Halloween Made Me Sick.

[DarkIvy]

It's my senior year and I wanted to go out with all my friends and not miss out on the "festivities" on Friday, which included a house party and bar hopping afterwards. I so rarely have time to go out anyway, so I wanted to have a lot of fun. There were jello shots, someone had Woodchuck (score!) and a played beer pong... but my partner had to drink my share, haha. So yeah, it was fun.

I got glutened though, which is a huge bummer. I washed my hands really well after the beer pong game, and didn't touch my mouth or anything while I played. I've never had issues with hard alcohol before, so I'm not sure it was the jello shots, unless jello isn't gluten-free? Is jello gluten-free? I just assumed so. Maybe it was CC somewhere along the line. Maybe someone was eating a sandwich while they made the stupid jello shots. Maybe some genuis decided to take a swig right out of the bottle of vodka before I made a drink out of it. Maybe I actually can't have vodka. Or maybe it's just the cheap vodka that's a problem? I can't even tell anymore.

I'm just so irritated that even something as normal for a college student as going to the Halloween parties and having a jello shot or playing a round of beer pong could potentially be problematic. I don't feel *that* sick, but it's just so maddening. I suppose in the end it was worth it, lets be real, when I graduate this stuff isn't going to the same anymore, and I did have a really awesome time. I'm not kicking myself in the pants too hard for this in any case, but GAH. Maybe next time I'll make my *own* jello shots, and sneak my *own* drink in a Nalgene bottle in a big purse to the bars or something. And bring a pair of latex gloves so I can still play a round of pong.

[julirama723]

I feel your pain, I got sick from Halloween too, and I'm still sick!

I'm trying to figure out if it was sloppy bartending, or a bad reaction to a type of vodka. This was my first time going out since I've been gluten-free. It sucked.

[DarkIvy]

Ugh, me too.

ALL the drinks I had were in clean, disposable containers. The jello shots at my friend's place were in dixie cups, and I took regular mixed drinks in new solo cups. The woodchuck came in a bottle, obviously, and the jello shots at the bar were in clear, plastic, disposable containers. I didn't have any "regular" drinks at the bar, so sloppy bartending was probably not the issue this time.

Like you, I'm wondering if it was just cheap vodka. At home I use Svedka, which is distilled like 5 times or something, and I've never reacted. I'm pretty sure my friends used something along the lines of McCormick's for their jello shots, and god only knows what was in the ones at the bars.

*sigh*

It's just such a pain though, isn't it?

I'm still sick, too. I've had the worst D I've had in a long time. I'm really tired, too. Thankfully I don't feel too bad otherwise, though. It could be a lot worse. I just keep reminding myself that it was a mistake, and at least I did have fun.