Here, as promised, Natalie's guest blog.

So, I've been absent lately from the comment section of the blog...not only because Joshy hasn't written much, but because I was in Cabo for the holidays. Yes, Cabo for Christmas - JW and I. I hate Christmas. X-mas is more like it....JW and I were there for 5 days andthe ONLY authentic Mexican food we got was guacamole, salsa, chips, margaritas and michaladas [yes, cocktails are food to me]! Cabo, as it turns out, is a bit more touristy than we anticipated, so all the restaurantsfeature "International Cuisine" or blah-blah-blah "fusion." Is it TOO much to ask for tamales or enchiladas?!? Me thinks not (yes, I'm also a pirate). But apparently MY people think so...

Anyway, Tuesday morning I read in Los Cabos Daily[which has the reading level of approximately a second-grader] about the tsunami. I was horrified. I think this tragedy is grounds enough to get out of my (last ever) family vacation - a cruise - this spring. Myextreme fear of big water isn't enough,maybe thethreat of a tsunami should convince them of the hazard. At this point, I'm packed, but contemplating where I can fit in the paper. I'm thinking hard as this is clearly a difficult decision...JW sees me and asks, "What are you doing?"

"Trying where to pack this so it's not damaged!" I reply.

"Why are you taking Los Cabos Daily home?" he asks.

"So I have PROOF that a cruise is too dangerous and I shouldn't go. I have to show my parents. Do you think I can get out of the cruise?" I eagerly ask.

"Don't you think your parents MAY have seen it, perhaps on the news, in the New York Times, or perhaps in their own town's paper?" he quickly replies.

I pause, "Um, oh...yeah."

So I didn't take home Los Cabos Daily, but did snag the grapefruit exfoliating facial soap.