Monday
By this time, I decided that this whole mensuh shit is going to be a crap shoot. I was still bleeding and decided to stop taking Yaz (oral birth control). Yes, this is exactly why I prefer getting Depo. I am so not compliant with anything…dammit.
Good Lord, I have done nothing but sleep, eat, drink, and go to the bathroom throughout this trip. I felt like a bear going into hibernation. The weather is gloomy and I’m definitely lacking Vitamin D. I felt kinda gross yet comfortable.
We decided to make the most of this full day we had left in Chicago. We woke up semi-early and made our way down to the train station. We weren’t really sure what to do since neither of us took the Metra before. When we got to the parking lot, Big Bang told me to remember 701 and 702. Well…I remembered both the numbers but couldn’t remember which space we had parked in. He had to go running back to where the car was parked to verify where the car was parked.
They weren’t selling tickets at the train stop. We were told that we would have to purchase it from the train conductor. Weird, but okay. We boarded the train and got seats next to each other. I tried falling asleep but failed, sleepy, haven’t had my morning coffee yet. I held his hand and tried again to doze off. The conductor came around and we were able to purchase our tickets from him. It was $4 per person to get all the way to Union Station. Not bad…not bad at all, especially since we didn’t have to worry about parking or traffic.
When we got to Union Station, I was HUNGRY. We ate at the Corner Bakery. I ordered the apple chicken sausage panini and he ordered the grilled ham and cheese panini. We swapped our halves and of course his tasted better than mine. I wasn’t in the mood to drink my orange juice so I gave mine to him. I needed my crack…Dunkin’ Donuts, which was down the escalator and towards the back of the building. We shared a cup of coffee and had a seat at the food court.
While we were talking, a black woman decided that she was gonna entertain us by getting on a pay phone and screaming at her boyfriend. She was so damn fucking dramatic and loud that security had to tell her to STFU. One minute she’d be crying about how she couldn’t do it anymore and then when he hung up on her, all hell broke loose. She called him back and ripped him a new one. This went on for a good 20 minutes or so.
We left because we had a lot of things to do, places to go to.
We took a cab to the Shedd Aquarium.

Holy fuck, does no one work in Chicago? I swear to God, everyone was there with their brats. Sweet Jesus. Then they tried to get us to take more lame pictures together (which we also did not purchase). We saw several exhibits: Waters of the World, Caribbean Reef, Amazon Rising, Polar Play Zone, and Wild Reef.




We also got to see the show “Fantasea”.

It was this really weird sci-fi, over-the-top, corny, tacky show. I guess it wasn’t too bad since it was only $2 per person but still I wanted to see more of the animals and less of the “acting” from the humans. Poor Big Bang, I think sitting on the stone benches for so long messed up his body. He’s falling apart
We walked towards the Field Museum. I was starting to get hungry again but decided to eat after looking at the exhibits here. We saw the following exhibits: Ancient Americas (after awhile, they all started blurring into one another. Mexico, South America, North America.), Rocks and Fossils, DNA Discovery Center, Africa, and Sue. I wanted to see The Nature of Diamonds (of course) but they wanted us to pay more for it. Fuck that. After awhile, Big Bang had to sit down, his right knee was fucked up.
We thought we’d have a snack, share a Chicago dog from a stand nearby, but unfortunately that bitch was closing for the day. *shakes fist*
We fearlessly walked down East Solidarity Drive, with the wind bitch slapping us in the face, no thanks to the breeze from Lake Michigan. He put my hand in his pocket where he kept a warm pack to keep our hands warm. Don’t ask me where my gloves or scarf were, probably somewhere in the abyss (aka my bag). Even though it was fucking cold, I felt toasty. Maybe it had to do with him? I wondered what he was thinking…
We finally reached the Adler Planetarium. Since we bought Chicago CityPASSES, we were able to see two shows here for free. Yay! We didn’t have much time so we had to hurry on up and purchase our tickets. We watched: 3D Vision Imaging the Universe and Cosmic Collisions. I fell asleep during both shows, even though he nudged me to wake me up. We tried going to Galileo’s Cafe but they were closed. So hungry…
It would have been cool to have gone to the Adler After Dark event. Every third Thursday in the evening, they serve cocktails and appetizers, while looking at the stars and skyline. How romantic.
We took another cab to the Willis Tower aka Sears Tower. I don’t know why those fools had to change the name, it’s annoying as hell. Holy fuck, the taxi cab stunk like shit. It almost made me wanna vomit in the driver’s mouth. He was on his cell phone speaking in “bastardized French” as Big Bang would say. Damn, I wish I had some Febreeze or something then. We weren’t sure whether to breathe out of our mouths, jump out of the car, or what. Getting to the Sears Tower took FOREVER as a wave of nausea set forth. We jumped out of the car to get some fresh air.
We asked the front security man where we could get some grub. The suggestions were either Corner Bakery (no, thank you very much, we already did that), Starbucks, or Salseria. So Salseria was it. We got up on the escalator and went to the restaurant. The place was dead. We seated ourselves and after five minutes, the waiter came and took our orders. He brought us chips and salsa. After he replaced our first batch of chips, he told us that there was a salsa bar. Errr. We ended up mixing the roja and jalapeno salsa together.


I ordered the quesadilla con queso and he ordered the enchiladas. Pseudo-Mexican food never tasted so damn good!

After we finished putting on the feedbag, we went downstairs, exited the building, walked around the corner, and entered the building again via the Skydeck entrance. Again…yes again, they tried to make us take a stupid ass picture with the building as a backdrop, which we refused to buy again. Why? Why?
The view from the Skydeck was insane. We were 412 meters above ground and had a visibility of approximately 40 miles.


One of my biggest fears is heights. He tried to get me on the window platform but my palms were getting super sweaty and I was scared shitless. I made the mistake of looking down instead of straight ahead. It took me awhile before I could stand in the middle of the platform with him.

That’s some freaky ass shit!

I got text messages from Buck, he was in the loop and wanted to know if we needed a ride back to the train station. We headed back downstairs and he picked us up. Surprisingly, there was no traffic.
Our dinner plans were canceled with Baby Momma. She ate bad Chinese food earlier in the day and was feeling sick. Bummer.
We grabbed dinner at Yeowoosai. Ice-T met up with us too. We ordered popcorn chicken and kimchi fried rice.


It was okay but it would have been better if the ajumma made it instead of the Mexican in the kitchen. WTF. I was excited to have 팥빙수 (patbingsoo), since the picture of it was right in front of my face, but when I ordered it, they said it wasn’t available. I wanted to tear that picture off the wall. Damn tease.
I kinda regretted not taking Big Bang to a nice Corean restuarant…
Batman texted me to see where we were going to have dinner, but by that time, it was too late. We were finished.
Ice-T said that we could get papingsu at Outdoor Cafe. Really? We’re going to go there again? But yes…I need it…even if it is fucking cold outside, dammit. And so the three of us went, Ice-T, Big Bang, and I. Buck said that he had to go meet up with someone and wouldn’t be able to join us. But then again, it was a fucking miracle that he went to Yeowoosai with us, since he hates Corean establishments.
I ordered the 팥빙수.

Ice-T ordered the fruit 빙수.

We all shared.
Big Bang wouldn’t let me order any coffee but was willing to let me have tea…okay. Compromise, right? Ice-T told us that my old stripper gal pal, Yvonna, was still working at Allstars. Holy shibaloma. Should we go? Would she recognize me after all these years? Would she try to eat my snatch in the bathroom again? Oh wait, I’ve got mensuh still. Ugh. Forget it.
After dessert, we went to Batman’s crib and picked up my laptop. Batman said something about how he had drank all night and rattled off a list of drinks he had.
Ice-T dropped us off back at the train station. As Big Bang drove us back to the hotel, I started to get sad. This would be our last night together in Illinois.
I quickly changed clothes, washed up, applied Salon Pas to his back and knee, and plopped into bed. I wanted him to read me the rest of the book that his mother wrote. I was so eager, I wanted to know! I couldn’t leave without him finishing the book. So instead of him reading it to me, I ended up reading it aloud and him correcting me (some of the words were illegible (for me anyway)). I didn’t want to stop reading but he was getting tired and it was getting late.
Although I found the book fascinating, it also gave me some insight into his life and his family’s. Not that I was trying to psychoanalyze anything, in fact quite the opposite. He had cute idioms and was smart growing up. To be flying off to NYC, France, and all over the world while in grade school was a crazy notion for me. My parents didn’t trust me enough to even leave the block, let alone the country. Although we’re the same age, he’s far more mature than I am in certain aspects. His life is way more interesting than my life will ever be.
I closed my eyes and wished that I could have one more night with Big Bang and my friends.