Today was quite the day (tomorrow I’ll tell you about Friday and Sunday since they are connected)

Last night we got hooked on Law & Order:SVU (Special Victims Unit for those not in the know) and Star Trek: TNG (The Next Generation), which will sort of tie in to tonight, I know I’m all over the place!

Today, we got up and headed into Denver to meet JS & PS, BR & NR for Oktoberfest. TT, who works with DCM, PS and BR, her boyfriend works for Human Movement, a company that puts on different types of events throughout the year, including Oktoberfest and multiple road races. Check out the steins we got!

We had a great time, got access to the VIP tent, which included food and drink, the most any of us drank was about 1/4 cup of cider! Everyone who had the brats and kielbasa said it was great. DCM was quite happy, there was sauerkraut. We walked around for a few hours checking out the food and vendors. DCM and I split a pretzel with four cheeses, yum! you should have seen some of the desserts, JS got a macaroon bigger than your head! They had rice crispie treats the size of a small Buick!

Home

After Oktoberfest, we headed home to hang out and someone, not saying who…needed real food! On the way we stopped at about four different Halloween supply stores, no Princess Leia costumes for three year olds! If I wanted to get her any number of boy Stat Wars costumes, no problem! (I may have found one online!)

We chilled out a bit, watched some Star Trek:TNG and then headed out to Dickens Opera House to see a friend from college, Oz, in the band he plays with a few times a year, Living With The Past, they are kind of spread out across the country.

The band was good, they are a Jethro Tull tribute band, and for the time we were there, we enjoyed ourselves. It was a great venue to see a band, reminded me a little of Smith’s Olde Bar in Atlanta.
Http://dickensoperahouse.com

We didn’t stay as long as we wanted to as we have to get up about 5:30 tomorrow morning to do the Hot Chocolate 5k, you know there will be a blog about that tomorrow.

The reason I mentioned Star Trek:TNG tying in to this post is that OZ and I went to college together, we met our freshman year and were steadfast friends immediately. There was a group of us, Oz, NB, KS, DR who used to watch Star Trek:TNG together every week. Oz even gave me a Klingon dictionary for my birthday one year!

I have to tell you it was so good to see Oz, the hug when we first saw each other was the absolute best! It felt like no time had passed. I’m hoping that when he’s back in May for the next gig, I hope I get to see him, spend some more time getting caught up.