Qatar is 9 hours ahead of Cleveland.
We have a Skype phone number but when I dial that number, my Skype account on my Cleveland home computer rings, so I can't dial it, or, if I am logged out of Skype, it goes straight to voice mail.
Skype phone service has been great, but not ideal, with lots of mysterious dropped calls and odd background noise and calls wherein only one person can hear the other.
We have wireless in our new house, but apparently the signal is strongest...in the backyard. Which means Skype video works well only if you are sitting out there, which is difficult (so much furniture in this house, but not a bit of patio furniture), or in the "second master" bedroom at the back of the house upstairs, which will soon be the boys' room and not the place where any computers will be.
Skype itself has always been hard with the kids because if they make any noise at all, the other person cuts out, though that person never realizes this is happening and so all we see if that person continuing to talk while we hear nothing at all. And for my children, seeing themselves on the screen somehow pushes their "bad behavior" buttons and all they want to do is perform, loudly, so conversations are really an exercise in futility to begin with. Add in the idiosyncrasies of communicating with the Middle East, and you have a recipe for frustration.
I am sure we will eventually work all these kinks out, learn what system works best and when, where, why, and how, but for now, almost every time I talk to the husband, I end up feeling thwarted one way or another. I know, I know, first world problem, cry me a river, but still, annoying!
Thankfully, we also have email, so we fill in a lot of the gaps that way, which makes our communication a bit asynchronous but much more informative.
But really, I am over all this. I would like to talk to the husband face to face, please. Thank you!
We have a Skype phone number but when I dial that number, my Skype account on my Cleveland home computer rings, so I can't dial it, or, if I am logged out of Skype, it goes straight to voice mail.
Skype phone service has been great, but not ideal, with lots of mysterious dropped calls and odd background noise and calls wherein only one person can hear the other.
We have wireless in our new house, but apparently the signal is strongest...in the backyard. Which means Skype video works well only if you are sitting out there, which is difficult (so much furniture in this house, but not a bit of patio furniture), or in the "second master" bedroom at the back of the house upstairs, which will soon be the boys' room and not the place where any computers will be.
Skype itself has always been hard with the kids because if they make any noise at all, the other person cuts out, though that person never realizes this is happening and so all we see if that person continuing to talk while we hear nothing at all. And for my children, seeing themselves on the screen somehow pushes their "bad behavior" buttons and all they want to do is perform, loudly, so conversations are really an exercise in futility to begin with. Add in the idiosyncrasies of communicating with the Middle East, and you have a recipe for frustration.
I am sure we will eventually work all these kinks out, learn what system works best and when, where, why, and how, but for now, almost every time I talk to the husband, I end up feeling thwarted one way or another. I know, I know, first world problem, cry me a river, but still, annoying!
Thankfully, we also have email, so we fill in a lot of the gaps that way, which makes our communication a bit asynchronous but much more informative.
But really, I am over all this. I would like to talk to the husband face to face, please. Thank you!
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