Mark told me he'd miss us while we were up here in Seattle. He decided he wanted to buy himself a webcam so we could see each other and use Skype. My laptop has a built-in webcam. Plus, Carmen and the cats have mauled his microphone headset he uses to play Starcraft and he kinda needed a new microphone.
Apparently, money at work is a little tight right now and rumors abound that they can't afford Christmas bonuses this year. At least Mark is still employed! Who cares about Christmas bonuses?!
Anywho, Mark's boss bought webcams a while ago for business meetings or something, but that plan didn't pan out so they've got a few webcams lying around. Mark offered to buy one off his boss, and his boss basically said, "Oh, just take it for free."
I joked it's Mark's Christmas bonus. :)
Anywho, a few nights ago, I called Mark up on Skype so he could see Carmen and me. Carmen was finishing up her bath. When she saw Mark, she got really excited, and cried out, "Daddy? Daddy! DADDY!!!" and kept crying and trying to climb out of the tub to grab the laptop. It was heartbreaking to hear how much she missed Daddy and it made me cry.
I'm keeping Carmen away from Skype now. I'll try again when I feel less emotional! We've managed to talk to Dad on the phone with speakerphone a few times. She just gets happy and says, "Daddy! Hiiiii!" without freaking out and being adorable and making me cry.
I was wondering if you were avoiding Skype on purpose. I guess I know now :-).
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