Overtures

Yesterday was absolutely fantastic.

I went into the lab early, and figured out what was wrong with one of our setups that "mysteriously" quit working the other day. I'd planned on spending much of the day troubleshooting, so then I had a lot of free time. I got lunch with a good friend, then headed home.

Laura and I spent the whole afternoon hanging out...not "doing homework together" hanging out, but actual "I have time to kill" hanging out. It was great. I cut through a bunch more of Cryptonomicon. That book is absolutely hilarious (it's not a funny story, but Stephenson has an amazing ability to phrase things in nerd-speak) and so Laura kept making me read her the passages that made me laugh out loud (LOL).

Anyway, then she headed out to the Pirates game and I got ready to go to the Symphony for class. The PSO performed really well, and the class had good seats on the main floor. During intermission our professor rushed us out to the lobby so we could get our programs signed by the pianist (one of the pieces performed was Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1) and the guy actually looked up from the stream of people to look me in the eye and smile. (I was reminded later that it was just 'cause I'm a girl, but hey, I'll take it.)

After that, I ended up at Gullifty's with the fellow who'd given me a ride to the concert. We walked in and there was a jazz trio playing, so we got to enjoy more live music for awhile (which was convenient since the waitress more or less forgot about us).

Today looks like another good day. There isn't a cloud in the sky, and it's starting to feel like autumn.