I figured that when summer was over all our activities would cool down, and I could get back to writing blog posts every other day. Right.

October is just full of releases, birthdays, birthday parties, biking and Halloween strolls, Halloween parties, and Halloween night. My children’s birthdays are both in October, two weeks apart. We couldn’t possibly be organized enough to actually have the birthday parties near the birthdays. And, now that the kids are older and have their own friends, we actually have to throw two parties. So, not only do we celebrate each birthday on the birthday, going out for dinner and opening presents, but we have to throw two separate parties.

Then there is Halloween. I remember Halloween in my childhood being a one night event. There was a little preparation ahead of time getting the costume ready and such. Now there are town Halloween events, company events, and parties. This year we went to the Hudson event, but skipped the Marlborough one. We also went to my company’s party. Both of those were jam-packed with kids, waiting waiting waiting in line to play games, get candy, etc. etc. Then of course there is Halloween night. Erica took the kids out, I stayed at home and manned the door.

On the biking front, I am still trying to bike daily to work. I’m getting all my winter-wear ready, and my headlight charged for next week (post-daylight savings). I’ve even taken the smoothy tires off my mountain bike and put, gasp, mountain bike tires on. There is a big difference between my 700×23 road tires and my 26×2.1 mountain bike knobbies.

This past weekend I got a chance to climb Wachusett Mountain again with my friend Sanjay. At the beginning of the season he was riding a mountain bike, and our first ride we couldn’t even get around the reservoir. Since then, he’s found himself a road bike, gotten owned by Nashbar, done the Middlesex Century and now climbed the highest point in Massachusetts east of the Connecticut river. Way to go Sanjay!