So the fun?  Fortunately I love the people I work around, so that's always fun, as well as interesting - they're so smart and driven!  But, outside of work....  One of the professors, Jim Dannemiller, has 3 daughters.  I went out with the youngest, Liz, on Thursday night to... wait for it..........Spotlight Karaoke!  Is was a crack-up.  Liz is a fantastic singer and a great augh to go out with.  But, as most women know, no night out is complete without a daft drunkard hanging off your arm, professing his undying love and telling you he's going to marry you.  Lucky for me his main target was Liz; he had tried putting his arms round me and fondling my back, and I made explicitly clear that under no circumstances was this acceptable.  of course I did so in a polite and tactful manner, but I had to make sure he got the message.  Poor Liz was so relieved when his friedn finally took him home.  Appaprently his daughter had died about two months ago, so we did feel very sorry for him, although it doesn't excuse the molestation! 
    On Friday night I saw first ever live baseball game!  I watched the Astros play the Texas Rangers.  It was awesome, and I even had a beer to complete the American experience.  Needless to say I was tipsy, but not so far gone that I didn't worry that I didn't worry that I was laughing too loud!  We (the Astros) won -  yay!  After the game I came home, and got a call from Robert, who Shannon knows, from Pensacola.  He's originally from Houston, and was back for a few days, so he took me out for the night.  His aim was to show me the best time in his home city.  He called and asked me how long I'd need to get ready. I foolishly replied '15 minutes'.  Oh come on, did he really believe me?  I dashed over to Meghan's room in my underwear in a panic, 'I have 15 minutes to get ready! Help!' It went ok, though, as he got a little lost so I had an extra 5 minutes.  I got downstairs, and he was sitting waiting in a Champagne colored Jag.  We went to a couple of loungey bar-clubs mid-town, before moving onto a downtown classy club called Opus.  It was great!  Not the type of place I usually find myself in.  We danced, and had a couple of drinks (I decided to continue wahat I had started) and left for the Houston Men's Club, where we had breakfast (at 3am) and he paid for a dance for me!  He had actually paid for everything else, too. So that was a real experience!
    Last night was a little more tame.  (Although I'd managed to avoid a bad hangover with about 2 liters of wate)r. A delectable dinner with Meghan and Anne at a Thai restaurant.  Anne is so crazy - we had a great laugh! We're so lucky to have such a great group of interns here.  After that Dan, Meghan and I went to Bar M downtown.  It was very nice inside, but packed out with people, so not much room to dance.  Dan's got some nice moves, and Meghan's a minx too!  Still didn't get to sleep till about 5am, again, so I've spent today in a daze due to my disrupted circadian rhythm.  And maybe something to do with getting a little drunk for the first time in 7 years! 
    Being kinda out of it probably wasn't the best state to be in for the conversation I had with an ex today.  I hadn't spoken to him in a good while.  We weren't together very long, just a few months, and it ended over a year ago.  We'd been getting on well when he ended it, but we lived 60 miles apart, and he didn't want to do long distance after his previous relationship.  So, I was a little surprised when he asked me today if I'd consider getting back with him.  Hello!  I'm in Texas, you're in England.  He seems to think he's ready to try again, and the distance won't matter now because he's kicked himself ever since we split up.  I believe the latter part, because he's always hinted that he wanted to get back together.  I told him I'd consider it, but I'lol have so much going on when I got back to England I won't have much time or energy.   I've changed, and he probably has too, so we'll have to get to know each other again.  Anyway, I'm not going to expend unnescessary energy thinking about it.  I had just never entertained the idea of getting back with him before.  Weird thing is though, I had thought about him before we spoke today, and he hasn't been online in a few months.  What kind of coincidence?