It’s easy to follow the news cycle and react and move and critique and move from conference to conference without a breath. Throw in taking care of two kids and work that pays and there is even less a chance that you will stop, step back and rest.

Consider this post my breathing room.

1: First, good news for Marlen Moreno and her familia. It looks like her deportation has been temporarily put off. Thanks to all who sent faxes and emails and made calls to help a mami stay stay with her familia.

2: Remember Netroots Nation? I won the 2010 Credo Mobile Blogger Award thanks to people texting. This means I won a smart phone and a year’s service. This is a huge deal to me, who was running round with a prepaid that I had to watch every minute on and that got text messages 24 hours after they were sent. Now I can livetweet, take more pictures etc for the site. And I have to say that the peeps at Credo Mobile were so nice and sweet in helping me set up my phone today. One of the best customer service experiences ever!

3: From one conference to another. Mil gracias to the Latinos in Social Media crew for hooking Mala up with a scholarship so that I can attend the BlogHer 2010 conference. I was invited to speak last year at BlogHer but had no way of affording the travel expense. This year the conference is just a metrocard swipe away. I have my apprehensions. I’m not gonna front. Pero at the very least I will meet some people and check the scene out for myself. So stay tuned here and on the VivirLatino twitter account for updates today and tomorrow.

Feliz viernes and don’t forget to take a deep breath.