Thursday, October 19, 2006
Outta Touch
Today's lunchtime notes are being made at a Hardee's on Neil Street. No WiFi here, but that's not really that big of a deal as I don't really have time to websurf. I'll upload these notes later at work or at home.My wife's laptop is finally fixed so maybe we can get back to video messaging soon. It will be nice to see her smiling face again. Of course next month I'll be in Guangzhou, but still the video is a nice stopgap until we can really be together.
I keep meaning to get back in touch with friends and relatives. Now that I have my nifty new portable internet appliance I have no excuse for not sending off a few quick how-ya-doings. Compared to the volume of my blog postings it wouldn't take much. Truth be told there just isn't much I have in common with what little family I have and the closest of them is a four hour drive away which makes it impractical to visit on anything other than major holidays.
When my dad was still alive maybe we should have spent more time staying in touch with the rest of the family on my visits. But I think his arthritic condition just drained him of the desire to do anything other than just spend a little quiet time with his only child when I was in town.
So here I sit alone in Hardee's, my wife and daughter 8,000 miles away while I type away at notes for strangers.
