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when did I get so chatty OMG
Feb. 17th, 2014 11:17 pmMy heartfelt thanks to everyone who offered hugs under my previous post. Thankfully, my strange bout of despair was as brief as it was intense. It pretty much dissipated by the middle of next day, LOL. Which in itself is kind of alarming. Not that I'm complaining about feeling better, mind you - that would be really pushing it, even for me.;) But I am just not used to such abrupt mood swings. I didn't have them when I was younger. I wonder if this might be a sign of approaching menopause...
Anyway... I had today off (President's Day is an official holiday at my workplace), so it's been a long weekend. Weather is still too crappy for any non-essential shopping trips or other outings (snow, wind and more snow... blargh) - but that meant plenty of time to deal with cooking, laundry and some email catch-up. And, of course, Skype. A LOT of Skype. I actually talked to my oldest friend today - or, my best friend since elementary school. We hadn't spoken in a few years. She contacted me through another mutual friend I still keep in touch with, and I tried to call her on the phone, but for some reason couldn't get connected... so I looked into the Skype user manual, and found you could call landlines AND mobiles internationally from your computer. So I put in ten bucks of Skype credit and dialed her cell. Again, ten times better reception than I would have on my phone. We talked for half an hour, and it cost me about 40 cents. This is AWESOME. She is going to install Skype, too, btw. And I also gave my Skype contact to ANOTHER old friend across the ocean who just emailed me after a few months of silence. I predict a LOT of virtual socializing in my immediate future... LOL.
And now, bedtime. I wanted to say more, but as you may have guessed by now, I was busy SKYPING. No video this time, just text; but now that I look back at the conversation, I can see that it started around 5:00 p.m. And ended just now, around 11 p.m. With a few small breaks for looking up stuff online, snacking etc. And it didn't feel like a very long conversation at all. Because it was just a part of Our Conversation that never really ends...
Anyway... I had today off (President's Day is an official holiday at my workplace), so it's been a long weekend. Weather is still too crappy for any non-essential shopping trips or other outings (snow, wind and more snow... blargh) - but that meant plenty of time to deal with cooking, laundry and some email catch-up. And, of course, Skype. A LOT of Skype. I actually talked to my oldest friend today - or, my best friend since elementary school. We hadn't spoken in a few years. She contacted me through another mutual friend I still keep in touch with, and I tried to call her on the phone, but for some reason couldn't get connected... so I looked into the Skype user manual, and found you could call landlines AND mobiles internationally from your computer. So I put in ten bucks of Skype credit and dialed her cell. Again, ten times better reception than I would have on my phone. We talked for half an hour, and it cost me about 40 cents. This is AWESOME. She is going to install Skype, too, btw. And I also gave my Skype contact to ANOTHER old friend across the ocean who just emailed me after a few months of silence. I predict a LOT of virtual socializing in my immediate future... LOL.
And now, bedtime. I wanted to say more, but as you may have guessed by now, I was busy SKYPING. No video this time, just text; but now that I look back at the conversation, I can see that it started around 5:00 p.m. And ended just now, around 11 p.m. With a few small breaks for looking up stuff online, snacking etc. And it didn't feel like a very long conversation at all. Because it was just a part of Our Conversation that never really ends...
