My dear friend Patti moved away over year ago, and I'm having a hard time dealing with that. She used to live around the corner from me, and we were in each other's homes daily. This makes her home in Connecticut seem like the other side of the world.
So, yesterday, I got a wild hair and downloaded Skype.Have you tried this? You can have a Star Trek Video conversation on the computer. Like, you can actually see the other person! Love.(Cathy, do you have Skype?)
It's a very distracting sort of conversation. I found that I was so thrilled to see Patti's sweet face, and her new haircut, and her kids and husband,,,,that I was having a hard time thinking of things to actually say. Plus, also, too...I could see myself in the little window thingy, and I kept wanting to play with my hair. It was like being on TV. The extrovert in me was a bit giddy with the experience.
My family, who are all about as technologically backwards as me, kept coming up behind me to put their face in the frame on my TV show to say HI to Patti.
When I got off the Skype, I wanted to call Patti on the phone, so we could talk about all the things that slipped my mind with the wonder of seeing the person I was speaking to. It was that distracting.
However, it was also so very fun that I then had to Skype Kara, who only lives across town. Oddly enough, Kara didn't have a Skype account, but her daughter did. Her daughter is, like, 9.
With Tim going off to work and Abandoning Me, I could have all kinds of Skype fun to keep me occupied. In fact, I could have lunch with the ladies, long conversations, and great girlfriend time without ever leaving the house!
Who loves her computer?
4 comments:
I am certainly loving Skype too. I get to see and talk to my Connecticut grandchildren!!
We've been using Skype for years to try to keep up with our families. That is how Jess and I make sure our kids know one another. It is so amusing to watch preschoolers have conversations via Skype.
It was fun seeing you too!!!!!!! Lets do it again soon!
Love, patti
Skype reminds me of 'The Jetsons'...now for the personal hovercraft! It has been a treasure to have skype as a new Grandma from 17 hours away...if only there was smell-o-vision to catch the baby smells!
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