If you ever want to know what not to do before meeting up with someone I can give you a list.  I was planning on cancelling meeting up with person #1.  Plagued by a busy schedule and in-general not feeling very well this week I wanted an early night.  However, I decided not, to and as I was running out the door I grabbed not my usual Claritin but a blister pack of off-brand allergy medication I had lying around.   

I hadn’t taken this medication in a while but I was late and so I popped a pill in while I was walking over to meet-up with him. 

The dinner was ok; it wasn’t that late but I felt a general sense of torpor and wanting to go home the whole time. 

I thought maybe it was him.  Maybe he was just that not exciting. 

I tried to be polite, but there were times where my concentration was clearly off.  For example, I forgot where he worked (even though he had just told me).   I felt relieved more than anything as we were leaving.  I wanted to go home and get work done. 

That wasn’t to be though.  I got home and promptly fell asleep around 9pm.  This is unusual for me since I’m usually a night person.  This morning when I woke up I was confused as to why I had fallen asleep so early.  I dug into my purse and looked at the medication. 

I had taken Diphenhydramine HCL.  Because it had been the generic name on the package and I was in such a rush, I had taken Benadryl by accident, a drug that not only is used for cold and allergies but also as… treatment for insomnia.    

There are so many reasons I wasn’t concentrating that night.  I could have had ADD, depression, doing recreational drugs.  He could think I was any of the above. 

The truth is way more embarrassing; I don’t think I’m going to say anything.