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Tonight I returned from a little city in the middle of nowhere, famous for two things (one public, one personal): 1. A 1947 alien UFO siting and 2. Just a few short years later, the birth of a one-day well-known engineer, also known as my future father-in-law (that's a lot of hyphens for one sentence).

Roswell, NM

Last night I didn't do much sight-seeing (unless you count the inside of Target . . . priorities people!), but today I walked around downtown to see what kind of things I could find. As it would turn out, the most interesting thing I found was some alien-printed toilet paper that I thought about bringing back for my roommates, but decided against it. "Oh hey guys, I found you a sweet roll of TP with aliens on it! Yay! . . . " They already think I'm weird enough, so I thought I probably shouldn't push it too much.

Anyway, I was in Roswell for a work training. I walked in with some pretty low expectations, but was pleasantly surprised to find myself enjoying the sessions. It didn't hurt that I was one of three in the class, instead of sitting in the back of a freezing cold classroom in a hard plastic chair taking notes (i.e. doodling) on a clipboard. One of my classmates was cracking me up (on the inside of course . . . I do have some tact) with her comments . . . she was a very Evangelical Christian and would say things like "Lord, guard my heart!" and "The Lord blesses you another month" and, my personal favorite, "Dern." While I'm not a huge fan of imposing one's beliefs on anyone else, I grew to appreciate her Southwestern Christian charm so when she told me, "Many blessings to you and your fiance as you plan your wedding and life together . . . God bless you and your family," I believed her. How many times do you get a sincere blessing like that? Once a week? Year? Lifetime? Chances are, it's not often enough. I'm holding onto this one.

Another thing that made me happy during the class was a little textie I got from one of my best girlies with THIS picture in it:

THIS IS THE DRESS I WORE TO PERFORM IN WITH THE SCARLET AND CREAM SINGERS! AND GUESS WHAT!? IT'S MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE! She found it in the S&C archive room where she works. My friends are the BEST.