Happy Drunk

Last Friday, my brother Matt threw a surprise 40th birthday party for his wife Sharon. She was surprised, for sure, because he also threw a surprise 39th party for her last year.

Some people are very entertaining when they are drunk. I am not usually the sober person watching the drunk person, but since we got to the party late, some members of the party were way ahead of me, including Matt. Conversations with "happy drunk Matt" went like this: "Man, John and Elaine, this cd you made for the party is awesome!!!!" "No problem, Matt, you picked out the songs." "You two are the BEST!!!!" "Thanks, Matt." Later in the evening Matt says, "This Dave Mathews Band song Satellite is the best song ever, the timing is perfect." "I'm glad you like it Matt, I thought you didn't like Dave Mathews Band." "This song rocks!" A little while later as we were trying to have a conversation with my aunt that we don't see enough, Matt comes up and says,"thanks you guys." Everyone just looks at him, and I say, "no problem, Matt" not quite sure what any of us have done. Then Matt says, "the cd is awesome. " "Glad you like it." It's good to be appreciated.

My favorite part of "happy drunk Matt" was when he spilled the cooler of beer while we were cleaning up after the party. He just said, "O'well" and started putting the beer back in the cooler.