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fun fall times

even with the shocking 20° drop in temps from sat-sunday i've gotten out to enjoy the fall weather quite a bit.
it's just so lovely.
i had my first (of many) experience going out of my walking path to crunch a particularly crunchy leaf.

monday karen & i walked over to the lake for a fun little picnic.  the waves crashed onto the sidewalk in front of us and we could watch them crash alllllll the way down the path.  that was fun.


yesterday i had a department retreat for work (which may I say was basically pointless and pretty awfully planned... but) we went kayaking for our "bonding" part.  i got to share a kayak with one of my favorite co-workers who i don't get to socialize with very often.
she's super competitive so i had to warn her i am not, but we did pretty well.  afterwards other co-workers said how we were "beasts" (not the word i would have chosen).  i said, "yeah, we kept up with with boys."  we did go pretty speedy if I say so myself.  but we were in the industrial part of the river... that wasn't my favorite part, but it was such a beautiful day.
Colleen & I are so far in the front, we're only little specks ;)

Introducing:  The Adler Educators

then last night i had another picnic with emily.  which was also super fun.

fall's starting off pretty awesome...

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