It's going pretty well! I'm recovering from a surgery I had last month, and recovery has been slow going. I've wanted a kayak for years, and as a treat for getting through this I picked up my brand new sit-in this evening. I can't wait to be able to take it out!
No matter their age, if they're good people they'll be excited to teach you. Making friends definitely gets a bit weird as we get older, but I think there's a lot of value in being able to relate to and appreciate people in different age groups. I hope if you end up going that you have a great time!
Vomiting can be a symptom of dehydration. You couple the body's toxin response from the booze with the dehydration caused by the booze, and this can lead to vomiting. In fact, most classic hangover symptoms are dehydration symptoms.
The first place your body starts to absorb alcohol is through your mouth, especially under your tongue. You, of course, absorb alcohol through your stomach as well. The highest rate of alcohol absorption happens in the small intestines, however. This is why your blood alcohol level continues to go up well after your last drink.
Our bodies can process, on average, one serving of alcohol per hour. The serving size depends on the alcohol by volume of the specific drink, the person's biological sex, and the person's weight. If you drink more than your body can process, it begins to build up in your blood stream and cause intoxication. Once it is in your blood stream you are at your body's mercy to process it. There is no real, effective trick to "sober up". Tactics may make you feel more alert, but your BAC won't change. Food won't help, coffee won't help, and slamming water won't help speed this process up.
Basically, unless you've chugged a bunch of alcohol in a very short amount of time, vomiting won't save you. By the time you feel nauseous, the damage is already done. Your body has absorbed and is processing the alcohol you already drank.
I'm older than most probably are on here, but not that old. I desperately wanted to get into animal behavioral science for higher education, but the prevailing thoughts at the time were that most animals are devoid of emotions. Negative reactions were chalked up to a pain response, and anything else was deemed anthropomorphism. I really wish I would have pushed anyway, because we have learned and accepted so much since then.
I would have loved to be involved in discoveries like we have read about in the last ten years. Follow your dreams, kids. Things can change faster than you think.
I am very new to the fediverse, and .ml was the second instance I tried as I was feeling things out. I was not having a good experience at all. I saw so much content that didn't sit well with me, and the discourse made me never want to comment. It's validating to hear it's not just me.