Let me share a little with all of you about visiting with your sweetheart on the web cam. It is at best difficult because of the language barrier unless her English is great your Chinese is great. Peggy does very well but we be bogged down with some of the most simple words and concepts in my mind.
Examples: Describe a hot dog or a turkey or kicking the subject around a little. Humor and flexibility is in order for these conversations.
Our set time to talk this evening was at 8:00pm eastern time. About 7:00pm I get a text from my son that he will be home in 1 hour and I would need to pick him up. Since you brought him up I need to be a proud papa and tell you that as of today he enlisted into the US Air Force and is now waiting for a job assignment. They say it make 4 months before he goes to basic training. Yesterday we were at the recruiters office and they checked is papers for enlistment. He listed 3 jobs. Pilot, Fire Fighter, or EOC. I said "EOC? Are you out of your freaking mind?" The recruiter asked him if he knew what it was. He said "bomb dismantling." Guys that is LIVE bomb dismantling. They showed him a video; very graphic. Needless to say it is now off his list.
Back on subject; Peggy and I have been trying to used the voice option on yahoo and it has not been working so I asked mpo Mike if he could help me figure it out online. He agreed. So I rush home with my son and the ex in tow. We go in the house and talk a little. I run her out of the house and fire up my computer. It's 8:30pm and she is out there waiting. Mike is out there too and he invites me to chat to see if we can figure this out. So I think, well maybe I can talk to the both of them at the same time and say sure. I am trying to send a message to Peggy asking her to wait and I would be there in a little while. I said Mike and I are working on yahoo so we can talk.
Then Peggy comes on and invites me. Well, I was not about to turn her away so I say sure I am super duper texting man. I can talk to 2 people at the same time. Well it isn't working to well and I am asking Mike to wait a second then I m asking Peggy to wait and I am afraid I will send the wrong message to Peggy. I am thinking I am wasting Mike's time and telling him what is happening as it happens. His command of English is much better than Peggy's. So finally I tell Peggy that Mike and I are working on yahoo and I may have to not talk with her occasionally. She says she will go shopping and come back later. I said OK and I close her out. So I think. Mike activates the voice option and it works fine so I figure the problem is with Peggy's computer. Mike and I had not talked in a while so we started catching up and I was telling him about how remarkable my relationship with Peggy is.
I look down at the bottom of my screen and see that two people are watching the broadcast of my picture. I tell Mike that maybe Peggy left her computer on and my picture was on her screen while she was shopping. A couple of minutes later a message window pops up and it is Peggy and she says, "Shaun, who are you talking to. Do you have another girlfriend?" I said crap and explained to Mike what she said. I asked Mike to hold on for a minute. I tried to explain for the second or third time what Mike and I were doing. She said, "I think you have more than one girlfriend and I can see you talking to her." My heart sank and I said, "NO that isn't it. It is my friend Mike."
Guys I am really tired and need to get some sleep as I need to get up in 4 hours. I will tell the rest a little later in the morning. Sorry. :icon_cheesygrin:
