One of our grad students asked me yesterday or the day before if the woman who'd been looking for me on Saturday had found me. Huh? A woman was looking for me at work on Saturday? How odd. He was going one way and I another so I didn't pursue the matter.
I ran into the student again today and asked for more information. He said she was probably about 50, with "yellow" hair (he's South American so I'm guessing that actually means blond...but does it mean blond from a bottle?), very pretty, very well dressed, and very American. He said she was holding a printout of an email message from me but he did not see what was in the message. She asked if this was the Petroleum Engineering building. He said it was and asked who she was looking for. She gave him my name and showed him the email message. He confirmed that she was in the right place and that was the last he saw of her. I have no idea who this could be. None. And, why would she be looking for me at work on a Saturday? Heck, just about anyone should know the chances of catching me in my office on a Saturday are slim to none. Over the nearly 18 years I've worked here, I'd guess I've only worked a handful of Saturdays.
The only thing I can think of is that she must've been someone from the old Usenet days who was in town for some sort of conference. She could've been on campus and thought to stop by on the off-chance that I might be around. She didn't leave a note, though, and I haven't heard a word from anyone via email about a trip to Austin. My phone number is unlisted so if she hadn't looked it up on UT's web site ahead of time and didn't have prior phone contact with me, she would've had a tough time finding it.
All very mysterious, eh?
So...hey. If you're the mysterious visitor, please drop me a line. I'm very curious about this whole thing. Hello? Anybody out there? Heh.
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