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Full Fall Funday

Saturday was such a fantastic day.  I got to do so many of my favorite things with many of my favorite people.
What else can you ask for?

 The day started out beautifully.  I was so excited to get out in it and run.  I would have loved to run a 20 miler!  A couple things held me back.  
#1 my knee  My knee's been bothering me since Halloween.  I decided it's because my shoes are worn out (which they are).  I ordered a new pair and everything will be fine once I'm running in them.  Because I said so.
#2 I guess I didn't have enough time for a 20 miler anyway...

 Then I headed off to a photography class.  We worked with natural light and it was AWESOME!  The first 15 minutes I was skeptical, but it quickly grew on me.  Although if I knew we would be posing for each other I may have fixed my hair before the class.  Oh well.
It was interesting how one of the girls who took my photo later showed me one and said, "I really like this one because I think it shows your personality so well."  FYI We met at 10 and it was now 12:30.  Am I that easy to read?

 I packed up my camera and hopped on my bike over to the West Loop for Beer Hoptacular with some friends.  There were so many beers there!!!!
I had a little time at Justin & Jason's before I headed to the Congress Theater for the Matt & Kim concert with Rubina!
This concert was SO high energy!
The first syllable out of Matt and I looked at Rubina and said, "Ahhh his voice!"  I love it!
Rubina & I had a very important job to try and scare anyone taller than us away from stepping in front of us.  We did pretty much fail, but we did a halfway decent job.
during Now
Seriously listen to their lyrics:
"Say what you wanna say
Make it mean everything" -Let's Go
"We sing along, though the notes are wrong" -Good for Great
(just a couple of many many examples)
I will let you think about the lyrics and come to your own conclusions.

 Then I headed to meet up with Karen and her friend Bridget.  We met up with Jason, Justin, James, and others...

 A very full day, but what a fun day!
Friends, running, photography, music... so so many of my favorite things!

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