Bridging 400 Miles
Sam's in his third week of fellowship in Pittsburgh. After tomorrow, we'll only have 49 more weeks of apartness left!
It's really convenient to be a 21st century type, because we have created a hodge-podge ersatz togetherness through text messaging, IMing (both iMac- and iPhone-based), video chatting, and emailing, along with the old analog technologies of telephoning and postal mailing. It's surprisingly effective!
I've sent Sam a lot of stuff in the mail in these three weeks, much of it very pedestrian and uninteresting. Forgotten socks, for instance, and forwarded mail that requires his attention and not just mine. I also sent him Swedish Fish, Twizzlers and PB Twix, though, because socks and insurance forms aren't really exciting enough on their own. But just for fun I also sent him this:
Which, when properly assembled, turns into this:
It says Sammy and Alissa. Unfortunately Sam's wicked good at puzzles and a nine-piece cardboard jigsaw puzzle wasn't such a big challenge. Even without a picture on the box to guide him.
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2009-02-06 15:12
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Too too cute. I'm glad I can still read it, even though I stopped my Farsi classes recently (sad but true...) What a sweet care package. (Reply to this) (Thread) |
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