I Would Have Sworn..
That I'd posted about my dilemma of whether to go out last night or not, but apparently I did no such thing. Hm. Anyway, I did decide to go out. By myself, which is in itself an amazing feat for a weekend night.

I went to Pi and just as I was starting to think it was a really bad idea.. I was bored, didn't know anyone, didn't see anyone I wanted to know, drinks are expensive, music is not really my deal, the place is FAR from my house.. the lady in the cowboy hat wandered by and stood in front of my table to people watch. Background, the first drink I stood in line for, I was behind her and her friend. I was watching her friend at that point, trying to figure out why a slick lip ring was hanging out with an ernest cowboy hat.

Ok. So I watched her back for a little while and finally managed to (in the middle of my second beer) go up and attempt to open up conversation. I asked if the hat was leather and why I was seeing so many of that style (mostly straw). Apparently, there'd been a line dancing party earlier, which she'd missed, but wanted to appear to be able to fit into. I asked where her friend was.. oo.. there was my answer, slick lip ring girl is engaged to a man and he'd gotten tired of her dallience with the ladies and picked her up early. My good fortune.

Anyway, we clicked very well and spent the rest of the night chatting on the sidelines of the dance floor. At 23 she has a bachelor's in biology and is pissed off because she would have done better going and learning a trade. Not so graceful on the dance floor, by her admission, no evidence to back it up. Sometime smoker. Drinks the same brand of beer. Was able to laugh with me about factory work, though she's in an office, currently. I got to tease her about her non tech geek status, that was a lot of fun.

I haven't laughed and had good conversation with a stranger like that in ages. I told her straight out that I wasn't aiming for a pickup, which probably killed any potential tension. We were able to just sit and BS instead of doing the 'mating dance' that makes life so impossible.

Overall, it was a fun night. I didn't get home til close to three this morning.. now why am I awake? I do not know, but I do have a headache. I've been up since six. That's ok though because I do work tonight and a three hour nap will tide me over til I should go back to bed around 1. I might go to church today, I also think I'm supposed to do brunch with M. I should look up worship schedules for the churches I went to as a child to see times so if I decide to go, I can schedule brunch around that.