St. Patrick's Day 2013

Despite being eight months pregnant, I made it my mission to still have a fun and enjoyable St. Patrick's Day--just, you know, with significantly less green beer than I would have otherwise consumed (and really, that's not such a terrible tradeoff--definitely healthier and no hangover the next day!). Part of the festivities that I was determined to take part in was the annual beer pong tournament that my brother organizes at the El Riad Shrine Mosque. His girlfriend Macy and I have been partners for the past three years, and I wasn't about to let a massive little baby bump split up team "Bigger Cups Please" for this year's tournament. Thankfully, my brother gave the official ruling that it was acceptable for a pregnant (and subsequently totally sober) person to participate--with the ruling that if my belly happened to knock any of the cups over that we wouldn't be allowed to set them back up. Which seemed fair enough.

For the second time in three years, Macy and I came out on top of our pool, securing our first-place finish with a win over a team that we were definite underdogs against. Darrell even managed to capture a picture of the winning shot!

Yes, my belly has gotten quite ginormous. And yes, I have a bow tied around it. And yes, I'm wearing a tank top even though it was only thirty degrees outside. Whatevs. 

And, for the second time in three years, Macy and I choked when we got to the first round of the tournament. According to my brother, it's my fault that we lost; apparently being sober prevented me from achieving the "ideal" state of lightly buzzed that optimizes a person's beer pong abilities. Of course, his team didn't even make it out of the pool play round, so I'm not so sure I can trust his logic.

Regardless, we had a blast (plus I got major props from a lot of the guys for being willing to play at eight months pregnant--one guy even offered to deliver the baby for me, although he was, shall we say, a little ways past "lightly buzzed"), and we're already looking forward to next year!