SKYPE-ing

Ain’t technology great? If you can’t be with the ones you love, SKYPE ‘em. My husband and I have been SKYPE -ing with his son and grandchildren for the past two years. They lived in El Salvador and since trekking down to Central America is costly and not too easy for older people (my husband is the older person, he’s almost 80) we can “virtually visit” with them. Now they live outside DC and that trip isn’t too easy for “older people” either so we still SKYPE. We now have a vidcam on 3 computers so we can SKYPE with three different contacts if we want to. We don’t want to! That would be reverb-city. All those conversations bouncing off each other in one tiny office. Running around, talking to three different people requires some aerobic training too. At least we will have the ability to SKYPE on two machines in case one computer dies. So we are always available, (if we turn the computers on). I dread the day when SKYPE starts charging for their services that are free now. But we might be able to afford it if their charges are similar to the rates my husband paid when he was using SKYPE last year to make calls as an independent contractor. They charged $2.95/mo. We still have the headset he used to talk to clients. Hey, even “older people” can get the hang of this internet stuff.

SKYPE FOREVER!!!

Recently, I got to SKYPE with my son, daughter-in-law and my two grandchildren. OMG, too cute!!! They live in Texas, so if the state secedes from the Union, I WILL need my passport. Although the trip won’t be as tiring as a trip to El Salvador, I think it will be less costly. I just hate having to go through customs and now they might be using “full body scans”. That means I’ll have to get in shape before I let strangers see me naked. Ugh! In the meantime, I can SKYPE with my family and see all the clothes and toys I sent them for birthdays and holidays. Maybe someday SKYPE will be able to transport our bodies through cyberspace (BEAM for us Trekkies). Can’t wait to try that one out.

I don’t know about anyone else, but I don’t put on makeup to SKYPE. Heck, I sometimes SKYPE in my pajamas. I shudder to think how other people with fewer inhibitions use SKYPE. What I don’t know I can imagine. Hmmmmmmmmmm.