OOOoooh YEEEEeeeEEEs!

After talking to Melissa this week I realized I had left the funniest part of Friday night out of my blog:

When we got done at the Union Station bar I had to go to the bathroom and had the urge to go shopping as I often do when drunk. So we ran into Old Navy. While in the stalls we heard a woman come in and loudly ask if the "WASHROOM WAS FULL?" We said yeah but luckily Melissa got done w/in a few seconds. The woman aparently ran in w/ her pants undone and she and for a side note VERY LARGE! The funny part was the noises and exclaimations she was making. "Oh Jesus! That feels GOOD!, OOooooh oOOOOooOOOh YEEES!" "Oh have MERCY that feels goooood." And so on and so forth! It was the craziest thing ever. So funny!! It went on the entire time we were in the bathroom. Then I bought a shirt and belt to replace my clothes that were too officey, wooly, and itchy. Then we went on to the resaurant.

In other news:
Melissa has told me that she wants to join a curling team! I am very excited to see her in action

Desert Flower

So tonight was the first time since moving up here that I missed Illinois College. Maybe it was from seeing Katie and Ali last night but it hit me when I left my apt. at midnight to buy a shower curtain. I had thrown my mildewy ripped one away earlier today and forgot to pick one up while out. So anyway, it hit me then cause midnight Sunday walmart trips scream IC. The late night trips w/ Rima were some of the funnest times. Goofy and exhausted from a weekend of drinking. Remembering stupid things people, and ourselves, did/said. Buying the oddest items. It was the first time I was sad about not having a roommate. Before grabbing the curtain at the store I stopped at the flower section and almost picked out a cactus to be my pseudo roommate but this is the week of bare necessities (except for Thursday night's hockey game and very mandatory t-shirt to display my Blackhawk inspired iron-ons). Plus, the out come of my geranium leads me to believe I should not use a plant to represent my new roommate. HA! I just saw the funniest comcast comercial ever. It was "comcastic". That made staying up so late absolutely worth it. ;)

Friday NIght

So much happened Friday night that I am going to split it among SEVERAL blog postings so it isn’t one MASSIVE post that will be too long for you to care to read. Now it is going to be SEVERAL smaller very detailed descriptions of the different events from last night. To start off here is what the plan was for the evening as of 6:38 when my train got to Union. I was going to meet up w/ Melissa (EPA friend that lives and works downtown now) at the bar near the food court. We were possibly going to have one drink and then head for the hockey game. After the game we were going to go to a Columbian or Korean restaurant and then I was either going to catch the last train home or we were going to go to more bars…..

Union Station Bar

Why is this venue not talked about on Metromix. Melissa and I decided it was our #1 hot spot. Yes, I am kidding. It is not so much a bar as it is a few tables and chairs w/ a stand that serves alcohol in a hallway on your way out of the station. But that was fine that was all we needed. It did provide for great people watching…I wish I would’ve remembered my camera was in my bag and I wish I had been drunk so that I wouldn’t care if people saw me taking their picture. I don’t think the strangers walking by will sound as funny as they looked, but you know I’m going to try anyway. Melissa had had a couple glasses of champagne at her office before she met up w/ me so she was enjoying the ambiance even more then I was. (Wait a minute…I thought she was held up at the office till 6:30 cause of all the work she had??!) Within 45 seconds of each other we noticed the following: there was a massively LARGE middle-old aged man sitting at the bar about to pass out while one of his buddies proceeded to fill his glass w/ the remainder of their pitcher. Something tells me he didn’t really need anymore. The man’s face and body posture including his COLOSSAL beer gut was funny enough to cause a hearty laugh alone-especially considering where we were. For some reason I find complete wastedness in the Union bar more out of place then in say…an Irish pub. Maybe the fact that it was not even 7 had something to do w/ it too. Then a man and his girlfriend walked by. He was carrying his dry cleaning and had a VERY impressive hat made out of about 45 balloons (the kind you make animals out of). Melissa and I were jealous and if I had been drunk I probably would’ve tried to barter for it. Again, you had to see it in order to completely appreciate, for the man was not your typical balloon hat wearing gentleman and yet he walked as if there was nothing out of the ordinary going on above his eyebrows. Next a man walked by wearing a giant chinchilla coat that I thought looked like he had cleaned the Metra’s seats w/. Melissa explained to me that he was pimpin and it was hot-that’s when I noticed her cute pink boots that she got at Famous Barr for $20. After that a “man” that was apparently listening to our conversation about how we were both Pisces, tried to join in by saying he dated a Pisces and it ended badly. It took him about 3 minutes to get that sentence to come down from his brain out of his mouth, I just thought it was because he was lying and bad at it but later he definitely proved that it was because he was wasted.

The Cab Ride

Turns out this guy was going to the hawks’ game w/ one of his buddies too. Earlier Melissa had half jokingly suggested we find someone to split a cab w/ so when this guy offered we decided it would be an easy way to save about $10 and after I saw their tickets were in another realm from our own $8 seats, it seemed harmless as well, making an instant separation at the Center quite easy. It was. But not before I thought the two guys were going to “play” wrestle each other through the Plexiglas divider. Melissa and I convinced them that they missed Celine Dion sing our National Anthem and apparently this sent them into a fit of rage while trying to determine which one of them caused the tardiness to the game. When the cab ride was finally over-which seemed to take days-Melissa and I ran to the ticket window. People in line informed us that all tickets were sold out except $25 ones. After debating if this was a reasonable price, and after considering buying some from a scalper for $15 we decided to scratch the whole game and get some dinner. While walking to the bus we saw the “scalper” talking to another man in an unmarked cop car. Turns out he was undercover. Thank goodness the guys in line planted the idea that the tickets might be fake otherwise I think I really would’ve convinced Melissa we should make the purchase. I wonder how the night would’ve turned out then.

Dinner

Now that I recall the company that joined us later that night on the bus I am really second guessing my decision to buy a CTA Plus Card. I think I saw public transportation at its finest. Just for a taste of it I will mention a bit about one man: Wasted, loud, wondering creepy eyes, toothless smile, rolling cigarettes, VERY WIDE unzipped zipper, making disturbing noises. Melissa pulled out her maps and list of possibilities for food. All I needed to hear was “margarita” to decide on Manantas Mexican Restaurant. We got there at about 9 and I briefly caught a glimpse of one of those all too familiar rainbow poles that let you know where you are. I acknowledged it but my thought process didn’t take my brain to what this next situation was going to be like. I had to pee so I made a bee-line to the latrine. When I got back Melissa made a comment that there was an abundance of hot guys here, I hadn’t noticed what she was referring to. I looked around and we were quite possibly the only girls in the place. Um, oooooooh yeeeeeah. Ok whatever. We ordered the margaritas as a few cross dressers walked by and waited for our table. The food was Muy Excellente!

Trying to Catch a Train

We left the bar at 12 and hurried to get on the el. By 12:30 we realized we weren’t going to make it through two more stops, a cab ride and a run to the station by 12:40 so we threw in the towel and I decided to crash at Melissa’s. That’s when she realized we missed our stop. We got off in China Town. (“the outskirts of where white girls don’t go after midnight” as Melissa refers to it.) While we were huddling under the warm lights for the incoming train a man shuffled over and asked Melissa where she got her boots, to which Melissa replied, “we’re not interested” Finally after a little more questioning she said “downstate” He asked, “How much you pay for dem”, she replied, “not much”. He continued asking where and how much?
“Do you want me to get security?”
“Why, for talking to yas. I was gonna ask you for an auto-graph Brittany Spears”
“For being rude-we’re just trying to catch a train”

Apparently he thought it was hysterical that she told him we were trying to catch a train. He walked away repeating it several times in between chuckles. Then I think one of those under cover cop/security guys came over and sat on the bench next to us pretending to use his cell until the train came. The rest of the night was uneventful. On my train back home Sat. morning a guy handed the conductor an Amtrac ticket to Wisconsin? And I thought I had trouble with the train! J

If the most you can do is show some restraint then the least you can do is get carried away...

Where did this snow come from? I thought spring was on it's way. Oh well, I did want to make a snowman and go sledding before snow season was over. I am on lunch break and have about 30 mins before I have to go back. Today is going fast though. After work I'm taking the train and meeting up with Melissa and Deb at Union Station then heading to the United Center for the hockey game. After that it's dinner, Columbian or Korean food-Melissa's choice. I can't wait! Last night my toilet broke so I had to call the 24 hour maintanance man. Luckily it just took a few mins. and seems to be ok now. Wed was a busy day. I realized my tire was going flat again-I found it almost completely dead a week ago but it seemed fine since then..took it in and they found a fat screw. They were able to patch it for $20. Later that night after helping a work friend move in a new sofa (much heavier and time consuming ordeal then I imagined), and after dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings (MMM my favorite-and my payment for labor), I met up w/ Mike & his roommate Josh who recently started a new job w/ a travel company!! Yay-Hawaii just got that much more obtainable.

V3 Holiday Party

Well here are a few pictures...

Christmas is Over!

Phewww finally got the stupid last post to work. So I got rid of my Christmas tree. It was quite and ordeal getting it out of my balcony door to the ground below while trying to avoid my neighbor's patio. Deb was a HUGE help I might add ;)

I'm so glad you stopped by though Deb was a great excuse to treat myself to some full on Chinese buffet binging.

Hmm, I think I need to go a head and trust myself to own a credit card again but not use it for day to day things. I am finding many things that come up where a credit card is necessary...my IPASS auto renewal for one. Have you ever tried using the Account Manager online...not handy. Well now time for bed.

Try This

OK well after wasting too much of my precious time trying to get these dang links to work w/ the post I'm giving up. If you want to see a pic of the president punching somebody click HERE.

If you are interested in the Terrapass click HERE.