my cousin just tried to SKYPE with me.  i know this because earlier today i had emailed saying, let’s catch up, i’m dying to hear about college! and she responded that she thought we should skype.  so that explains the bubble S in the toolbar that pops up every now and then at the bottom of my computer screen!  cool.  i was able to figure out my user name and sent it her way and sorta forgot about it until a few moment ago when a new chat dialogue (not gchat or facebook) popped up on my screen.  i started screaming at my computer….S are you there?!  S?!? i started fixing my hair, after all i was going to be live!  but she never appeared.  once i was able to locate my cursor (i got a little overwhelmed) i figured out how to send a chat – i think.  but that’s as far as i got; by then i think she was gone.  i’ve got to figure this shit out.  after all, skype is all the rage these days – or so i hear.

the last few days have been spent mostly on my porch, mostly reading trash, and i’m mostly not complaining about it.  today i was supposed to venture into the big city and see friends from all entry points of my life and a show but i woke up (in the middle of the night) and couldn’t get back to sleep.  my tummy felt like it was going to pop out of my body.  and as the morning wore on i realized that a train was the last place i needed to be.  i slept most of the day (again, not complaining) and have just no replanted myself on the porch.  i have visions of finishing another book tonight, starting a new one tomorrow and calling it a four book week – this is what vacations are for!