grandmas say the darndest things

I attempted to Skype with the fam at my dad's request yesterday morning my time. I was told to be ready at 9.30am. I was online and ready. Somehow, though, my dad left me a voicemail but it never rang on my end. And then he went back downstairs. So I sat there (checking my email) for 30 minutes waiting. Finally I sent a chat note that I was running downstairs for cereal & tea. Of course they called the 6 minutes I was away from my frickin computer!

But with my brother manning the controls we were able to get it so they could see me, and I could see me, and audio was working both ways but my parent's camera wasn't working. Which was a bummer because my niece Sophia was donning her giraffe halloween costume! She's so frickin adorable - my dad uploaded pics within 24 hours...I'll have to post the link. Sophs literally will put a smile on anyone's face..guaranteed.

Anywho, besides my brother and my nieces being over, both grandmas (great-g-mas to Sophs) were also over...they were carving pumpkins and having dinner. I was able to very briefly speak with both grandmas...and Grandma Anne said almost from the beginning, wow, honey, you look really tired. To which I laughed and said oh, Grandma, I think it's my webcam and also that I'm probably looking at my screen instead of into the camera.

But I think when you're old you can't just drop something...if something is puzzling you, you really want to talk it out. So she repeated it, and then I heard her say to Mike or my Dad, or does she always look like that?

Grandma!

And then she said, well, you know, you call me every week but I don't see you very often.

It was heart warming and ego-crushing all at the same time. I probably do look tired...end of semester stress & a healthy social life and all...and I read something about how after you're 30 your skin isn't as plump and bags under the eyes become a more common issue for ladies.

But I'm stickin with my original theory ;)