Every Year but only once

Every year; but only once and sans kids, my wife and I do a weekend away.  This year we chose to go here.  This place is cool, has restaurants, art galleries, nice shops, and interesting nightlife.  We tend to not really do much and end up sitting in the room, drinking a bit too much, talking, comparing, and remembering.  I think adults need time sans kids.  Kids are great, fun, challenging.  And frustrating.  They are not finished yet and they know it.  So, being unfinished, their emotions, rationalizations, ideas all cram into time and make life seem hurried and less peaceful.  So now, I am in a really beautiful hotel room at the Adobe Inn watcing NCAA football, drinking some beer, and just savoring the moment.  We don’t take pictures, but we buy stuff for ourselves and perhaps for the unfinished ones.

The requirements for the weekend away is that the drive must be less than 3 hours, must have great restaurants and social life, neat shops, etc.  In past years we went to Tiburon, Saratoga, and up to Mendocino.  All offer really nice food, drink, and a bit of away-time.  Its battery charging time and this time I took some days away from work because work has become dark sometimes and I need the light. 

People should all take some time away, find a place to recharge the batteries and come back refreshed and ready to cope.