No, we haven’t set off on another journey, that will be the week after next. In the meantime we’ve had the good fortune to talk to both of our families on Skype this weekend.

Until now, we’ve only been able to talk to my parents either in New York or in Florida, but this morning we managed to join a dinner party in progress with M’s family in Seattle as well. It’s amazing to live in a day and age where ideas developed in science fiction and cartoons portraying the future from more than forty years ago have become reality.

Star Trek communicators = cell phones

Jetson’s video phone = Skype

The Monkees = Countless Crappy Boy Bands

m notes: my husband = nerd.

Ok, so maybe the last one was unfair. The Monkees always get a bum rap.

m again notes: my husband = nerd.

Still, it’s great to think that you can talk to people around the world while seeing them face to face and for the moment not have to pay a penny for it. Sure it’s a little awkward right now, but for us to be so far apart, it makes the distance considerably smaller. Just to see all of their faces in addition to hearing their voices is truly special.

m  notes: despite how he sounds, i swear he’s only 31. not 91.