Back from the beach. I snorkeled! And it was fun! I only freaked out once. My friend is such a good teacher (she is actually a licensed scuba/snorkel teacher). It was mucho fun! And I got some sun! And it's a gorgeous day! And the water was nice and warm! And my diamond shoes are pinching again, causing me to overuse the exclamation point!

My mom would love to have me call once a week. Or more. Sadly, it is much more like every other month. But since she and my dad do things like Cruise the Panama canal.... When my folks are available and when I'm available is not always the same time. And my mom is only likely to call if she has heard from me in awhile

My mom got kind of aggravated with her mom for demanding a phone call every day when we lived in Baton Rouge (and Grandma was in California), so she doesn't freak out over not hearing from me, or any of her kids, regularly. We often have plans to discuss or she'll have some interesting info to pass on or something, so we'll talk often enough without really trying.

Huh. I wondered why nobody was posting in Bitches... turns out I wasn't subscribed!

More evidence that Emily and I share a brain: -t "Spikes Bitches 39: Cuppa Tea, Cuppa Tea, Almost Got Shagged, Cuppa Tea..." Dec 30, 2007 3:26:03 pm PST

You two are silly.

Thankfully my mother dislikes the phone almost as much as I do. Her husband does email so he acts as go between. If they didn't hear from me for a couple days I'd hear about it. Age 53.

I wish my mom would email. My dad does (and he even sends pictures!), but my mom is not big on the computer. I'd be up for communicating daily if it were email. That's so much easier and no problems with the 3 hour time diff.

Mom won't touch the computer. Step-dad prints out my emails and pictures then she tells him what to say and he writes back. We can't talk her into it though.

I probably talk to mom 5 times a week. Usually it's logistical stuff. Sometimes it's just chatting.

I got my camera battery charger, so I could take more pictures. Here's my bed: [link]