It was insanely cold today, I think my eyeballs were freezing as soon as I stepped outside so I didn’t go to the Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown. Luckily, Chicago being the wonderful city it is, there are 2 parades! The parade in Uptown is smaller than the one in Chinatown but so much fun. We were there for the parade kick-off so I stood way too close to a row of firecrackers and kids were standing on a float to get a better view of the dancing dragons (and an early start on hearing damage). The dancing dragons were a couple people long but there was a small hand held dragon that about 8 people held up on a stick. They were supposed to spin and weave the body of the dragon around itself but some of the dragon holders were a bit confused and the dragon leader alternated between yelling at the people behind him and smiling for the crowd. We got some yummy Vietnamese food afterward and saw the dragon again. I want a dragon.
My mom was sad that it was too cold to go to the parade today so I brought some pastries from Chinatown to my parents and we ate bad suburban Chinese food.
While we were out picking up the food she told me that she had been talking with my dad about my desire to get my tubes tied. She said “as much as we would love to see you walk down the aisle or see you pregnant, your health is most important and getting pregnant isn’t worth the risk.”
Yes, exactly. Well, kind of. Hidden in that reassurance is “We don’t think you’re going to get married because you’re not having babies.” Mom, I have so much to teach you! She will be the first to get a copy of my yet to be written book.