Last Sunday, I took the train downtown to see the better half's band play a showcase of talent nominated for "The Best of Houston" Music Awards. I arrived there late since Joe had to check out the venue first and make certain that the Dancing Marlin wasn't a seafood restaurant and the band finished early after having started early, but it was fun to see them play again.

On the way home on the train, a guy hit on me. It happens so rarely that it surprises me and I'm never sure how best to respond. When I was an angst-ridden teen, Mom assured me that boys weren't asking me out because I intimidated them (me?!?). Since then I've spent little time as a free agent and I suspect I don't send off "available" signals. I'm not outgoing and I suck at small talk. Anyway, it wasn't anything serious, I suspect the guy was bored and passing time but it it's always nice to hear that you're looking good and that someone wants to take you to coffee. Even if I was the only female in the train car.

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Someday, I'll have to post about how weird it is to have grown up mostly as an only child and yet still find myself at this advanced age the eldest of six. Six! To add some salt into the wound, I am the oldest and shortest. I joke that any other sibling I discover had better be Yoda. It's mostly a joke.

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My cousin, an Air Force pilot, has been named Aircraft Commander. I find this an ambiguous term but apparently it means she's in charge of her contingent of pilots and she's the youngest pilot to have been given this position of responsibility. She is made of awesome. I feel only a little guilty for hating her so much when I was a kid. I had a lot of years as the only grandchild and only niece in the family so I didn't greet her arrival as joyfully as I perhaps should have.

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Most exciting to me - 'cause it's all about me - is that today begins my vacation! WOOT! An entire week of owning my own time. We were planning to travel but forces outside my control have scuttled that plan. My mail yesterday brought me the surprise of a "Buy One, Get One Free" ticket to the Body Worlds Exhibit here in town that I've been dying to see. Er, no pun meant. Thank you, Friends of Pride, for that unexpected bonus!

And how am I kicking off my vacation? With a brand new episode of SG-1 tonight. The previews show lots of Ba'al so it could be really great. Or, yanno, it could suck.