solo weekend

Well it's autumn here in the valley, the trees are changing, the kids are focused on their Halloween costumes and Melissa is getting a well deserved break away this weekend with her friends, meaning I'm on point, solo, the lone ranger, el jefe etc.

Melissa and 5 friends are off to Mount Madonna retreat for a relaxing weekend and it sounds pretty nice (although not exactly my cup of tea).

This is from their website:

"Mount Madonna Center is a conference and retreat center located on 355 acres of mountain-top redwood forest and grassland overlooking Monterey Bay, between Santa Cruz and Monterey, in Northern California. "

And judging from the picture on their website it should be pretty nice. I've got loads of things to do with the kids including catching up from my 4 day whirlwind trip to NYC and Washington DC, riding bikes, finishing costumes, buying pumpkins, watching movies, going to the park and more. We will have pleny of things to do and hopefully Melissa will have plenty of things not to do!

So while