Vacation Takeaways

I've been MIA for a the week enjoying myself in sunny Mexico. Thankfully one of the takeaways from the vacation was not swine flu. Though I did get to walk through a thermal scan on my way through the airport which I found both slightly freaky but also highly cool at the same time.

But a week away was highly needed - more needed I now realize in hindsight then I realized beforehand. I needed a little time to get away. I, of course, brought some work with me, but I didn't really touch it except for one afternoon. And without a computer, the nearest internet cafe being 30min away, and me being too cheap to use my Blackberry in Mexico and pay the exhorbinant international roaming charges, I just couldn't really "connect." Odd to be that out of touch but really nice at the same time.

Here's a pic of one thing I did want to take away. A beach stray named - depending on our mood - Sandy or Senior Taco. I'm working on getting him into the States and to come up here but I'm not too convinced it's going to happen. And I'm struggling with the issue of whether a dog who doesn't have an "owner" or normal source of food is just as good off as a dog who does but lives in the land of fences and leashes. Trying to just believe that if we are able to get him into the States it's meant to happen and if not it's not.