When you’re on vacation, do you leave all of your cares and woes behind?  That’s what vacation is all about, after all.  Rest and relaxation.  Not worrying and fits of paranoia.  But a little paranoia can be a good thing, because nothing is worse than a vacation gone wrong.

Case in point; that car carrier you borrowed and hoisted up top of your car.  Are you sure that you correctly secured it to the top?  Is it tied down well, ratcheted tightly, or bolted to your carrier rack?  Because if you didn’t take a few minutes to be sure that it’s right, and you take a turn a little too fast or a tiny bit too sharp, then that thing is going to go sailing.  Depending on your luck factor (bad, terrible, deadly), you’ll wind up with your clothes and belongings scattered all over the road or your car carrier will be tossed over a steep embankment never to be seen again or you’ll have been the cause of a 25 car pile-up on the freeway and your picture will be playing and replaying on the 11 o’clock news.

And speaking of that car carrier does it lock ?  Really lock, like with a key or a combination?  Because if it doesn’t or you didn’t use one, and its simply a latch or two that keeps it closed, what’s to prevent someone from rummaging through it while you and the family stop into that all-night diner for a piece of lemon meringue pie and a cup of coffee?  There’s nothing to stop someone, except blind luck.  How has your luck been running lately?  Even if it’s been good, aren’t you due?

See, a little paranoia is a good thing.  It keeps you safe; not necessarily sane, but safe.