Dispatches from Brazil: Vacation Brain

My mind has a natural tendency to wander. I can zone out pretty much anywhere and be in my own private bubble. It's kinda hard to explain where my mind goes and what it does when it's there, but best I can figure is that it goes to La-La Land. When I'm on vacation, my mind is like in La-La-Land-On-Crack: double the fun. Add to it a few rainy days with little to do and it's all about over.

When my mind is in La-La-Land, it thinks up things that seem brilliant/interesting/groundbreaking, even if only to me. Here are a few samples of what my mind pondered during the rainy weather:

* If you mix equal amounts of salt and sugar, would they cancel each other out, thus causing absolutely no taste sensation? (yes, salt is stronger than sugar, so the amounts would have to be balanced, but still - wouldn't it be like tasting nothingness?)

* What would happen if I barked at the neighbor's dog and tried to be as annoying to him as he is to me at 7:16 am every morning? (I tried this and it was a great deal of fun. The dog now seems to be afraid of me and the neighbors seem to think I'm crazy).

* Cats would make very bad turtles - that is if cats wore shells and attempted to swim under water.

Luckily, the sun is back and that means I can go back to working on my sunburn, and give my weird mind a break.