Communications

Living far from friends - and close to other friends - has revealed some interesting things about how we communicate.

The biggest challenge I am finding right now is communicating with those close to me! Especially with KT. She and I have always been in contact since she moved to Winnipeg 5+ years ago - but mostly over email with the occasional marathon phone conversation. Now that we're both local - we could talk to each other on the phone for short bits every couple of days or when making plans... Instead, by default - we still find that we're emailing each other - because that's how we always send quick messages. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that we shouldn't email - but more often than not lately - I'm ending my emails to her with "I guess I could have just called you..." It's always a second thought - not my first thought. I feel like I need to be retrained!!

Communicating with those at home is going well - for the most part, I'm still communicating with my friends/family "at home" in the same ways we were, like I'm still in London. And conveniently enough, I can call some of my maternity leave mamas over my lunch - which is now nap time thanks to the time difference. Some of those in London, we're still working out the kinks, but a couple of us have found the groove - either through email updates or through regular Skype dates. Hopefully MR and I can start connecting more - it's hard to replace grabbing dinner together after we've both worked late via something technology... ;)

Thank goodness for technology though! I am so thankful to all these various ways that we can communicate - iChat, texting, Skype, Facebook, Twitter, email, phone, telegraphs, Morse code...