Elvis has left the building

The invasion of the family has come to a close.  My aunts, uncles and cousins are fabulous people, but I have lived by myself for about a decade, so I am glad to have some quiet time today.  Yesterday, I picked up Cas and we headed to my cousin Rachel's house in Grapevine.  We had a good time with the folks, and we headed back to Richardson to hang out with Jeff, who is on the way home, now, as well.

Cas and I were kind of on the fence about our ability to go see a concert yesterday, but in the afternoon, we decided to pull the trigger and buy tickets.  We left from Richardson to go to Starplex and see Elvis Costello and Steely Dan.  I was far more excited about Elvis Costello than Steely Dan, but it appears that Elvis has lost a step somewhere along the way.  He wasn't hitting the right notes at some points, and it was very sad to me.  I love Elvis Costello.  I saw him at the Bronco Bowl many years ago, but this appearance was pretty different and awfully rough around the edges.  The headliners were spot-on, singing exactly as well as they ever have.  Elvis is 60- I Googled a little to try to figure out what happened to his voice.  In the end, we all decided it was probably the July-in-Texas heat and maybe a little alcohol making his performance less impressive than it used to be.  Alas, Elvis had left the building.

Still, here is a little far-away shot of Steely Dan:

And, of course, we took a concert selfie:

Cas' friends Adam and Jennifer came out for the show, and they brought some of those low rise beach chairs for us.  Good friends to have.  

This morning, Dad called me to invite me to lunch with Windy and his crew.  They leave town in the afternoon, and this is the last shot at uncle, aunt and cousin time for this go-around, but I declined.  I want to get back to finishing my house work so I can get out of this one and into the new one.  I'm about to go mess up my very fancy manicure, now, by painting the rest of my front bedroom.  It's not the most fun way I could spend my day, but I am ready to finish the work.