What to write?

Hello,

After writing so much about Kenya I am having a hard time finding anything to write about in my dull ordinary existence. After all how can Chariton, IA compare to Nairobi, Kenya? No zebra here.

Yikes! Could I have not written since March 31? I see that I need to create a new folder to save this letter. Now I will have to say that some of the days I was so busy that I did not really have the time to write. Leroy and I are still among the living.

Saturday, just yesterday was a good example of time slipping away. I remembered in the middle of the night that we should turn on the computer early in the morning because Sarah had set up plans last Saturday to go to her office so we could try to web cam. It was a good thing that I remembered because she and Lexi were there. When we tried to connect on instant messenger we could see each other, but only one of us could hear. That gets a little frustrating typing and trying to keep a conversation going that is half verbal and half written. Sarah suggested, “Let’s use Skype instead. That worked with Stephen just now.”

We had to download Skype since we had not put it back on when the computer was clean off the last time. Leroy said disgustedly, “I can not find the free download, it says that we have to pay.”

We do not like paying for something if we have had it free in the past and we believe it to still be free. I looked for that site, but clicked on the same one that Leroy had found. “Didn’t you believe me?” he asked with great irritation.

After a bit more altercation and looking we found the free download, but not before Leroy remarked in a huff, “We need two computers in this house, that being yours and mine since we work so differently.”

After we got Skype we had to load Sarah on it as a contact since we still had their log from Geneva days. All of this takes time and we really want instant results. Results are fast if we take the time to consider what it would take to send a letter through the mail, but we have changed now. In the end we did have a nice call with Sarah and Lexi. The picture pixilated some and the sound was static sometimes and very quite so Leroy and I had to yell to be heard. But Lexi was pleased to see us and even asked where grandpa was when Leroy was not on screen. She also blew us kisses that we could catch on our cheeks. So I am hoping that means she remembers us. After we hung up we learned that we had did not have the microphone on the web cam set as the mike. Next time will be better.

I will start on my trip back to Kenya just two weeks from tomorrow.

Paula