looking back, is it time...?

I have felt lately a bit out of touch with Trisha and the world that is El Refugio, a consequence of the remoteness of the ranch, at least as it was for Trisha and myself. There is no phone, and mail is a very iffy proposition. Forget about internet without a phone. If she is to call me, it costs her around $10 US for a short conversation and I urged her to conserve her money while she's down there and call me only if she needs to. Needless to say, I await word from her about how she and Nandi are doing..

A couple of days ago I tried to mail her several requested items - some shampoo and facial cleanser - only to be refused by the local express shipping company. I was told that they could not ship anything to Mexico which was intended to be applied/used on the body because the authorities down there would charge a ridiculous amount of duty. I was flabbergasted, to say the least. The lady at the counter said they had shipped some similar items for someone else, and in order to deliver the items in Mexico there would have been a duty charge of $250 US, and the items were not accepted by the recipient as a result. I was in disbelief, but had no choice but to not ship the items at that time. I was going to mail them to the Los Milagros Hotel in Cabo, where Trisha could pick them up when she made a trip to Cabo to visit Sandra, the owner. I still am trying to figure out the best way to get the things to her, but want them to actually get to her. Mailing them to the refuge is out of the question, since there is no mail delivery there at all. After spending a week trying to locate the particular products she really wanted, now they sit on my desk..and I don't know how to call her to let her know why I didn't mail them. So, I'll mail her a letter, and a couple of chilldown cds. Truth is, it makes me feel like driving down there myself to bring them to her.

I'll probably try to find someone flying down to Cabo who would willingly hand-carry them for me. Any volunteers??

This all brings me to this blog...and it's purpose. I'm thinking it needs a break. I'm busy raising these 4 amazing pups, and finding myself immersed in the gratefulness I feel about being able to rescue them. Every day I see new discoveries being made, and more love being felt in their lives, and I am truly proud of them. Seeing them flourish with the security of companionship, food, medical care and a home has made the entire venture worth it, many times over. It would seem to be beating a dead horse to simply show routine daily pictures only to say "things are fine." Perhaps my blogwork is done, at least in this form - I don't really know.

I'm going to take some time to think about this, and perhaps find a simpler way to keep their progress posted - maybe a new blog about the antics and raising of pups, with a different perspective. Maybe from their point of view. Perhaps just a weekly update and a photo will suffice. Or the old "and they lived happily ever after.." ending. It's just hard to keep the El Refugio perspective going now that I'm back, and maybe that's the way it was meant to be...it was an interesting several months, and now we go on with our lives... way of wrapping it up. Anyway, we'll see.

Time to click play on a mellow 'chillout' tune on iTunes, give the pups a little goodnight rub, and hit the rack. Tomorrow is already here...