Skyping Sis at the party ... A hoot and a half!
More often that probably happens in the real world, this can result in spontaneous parties breaking out on my veranda. Last night was typical …
We went do dinner at Julian’s down on the beach to meet up with Nic, a former Brit Army Major, who was spending her last day in the country at Anse Soleil. Dinner was lovely, when she finally dragged her sand-covered ass up to the café, but didn’t last long enough.
A few others had joined us, so it ended up being eight of us … me, Stan, Andy, Clare, Nic, Christopher, Kim and Calina … trotting up to my place with beers and wine and the willingness to yack our heads off and laugh our asses off.
And, boy!, did we.
We showed each other our tattoos … Calina gets the prize !!! … swapped outrageous tales, kvetched about rising prices, sung the praises of tropical living, and a good time was had by all.
No few countries were represented … America, England, India, Germany, France, South Africa and Seychelles (Norway was missed, though, because Magnar is ill, poor baby.) … so it was, indeed, an international affair as most on this island are.
The scope broadened considerably when my skype rang and at the other end, and from the other side of the planet, my sister, Jo, joined the party. (She’s a Kiwi living in Washington, so another country heard from.)
Video skyping is always cool, and when the result of this whizzy techno-stuff is another guest at a party … well, it was amazing.
My sis is funny. Really, really funny. (She is SO my sister!) So, when everyone ended up crowded around my computer and began to wet themselves laughing, I was not one bit surprised.
The only thing missing was music … I really need to find a roving band that does deliveries …
It was, again, a wonderful night, one that had me buzzing so much that I stayed up ’til 4:30 in the morning … Stan was a hammock lump by 1-ish, bless ‘im … IMing my heart out.
Ah … island life …
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I’m so so jalous! Mark got home late from Frankfurt and we had late supper…so until then, I was flirting with my laptop…R O M A N T I C isn’t it? Next time have Stan skype me with his laptop and then I could date crash! LOL!
You guys are a bunch of Party animals!
Hi Sandra
Wonder if you remember me – Kumar in the Ministry of Finance in Seychelles when you and Mark had just arrived. You had come with the Biz plan for SPLASH and I had asked you ‘are you connected with Tom Hanks ? you said Ye he is my brother.
Rather unfortunate, had to leave under ‘excruciating’ circumstances.
Am in Dubai now – do keep in touch and all the best.
I still miss Seychelles
Regards
Kumar
It was indeed a great night, Sis!! Thank goodness for awesome technology that makes this big world feel so small!
Love you,
Sis
Kumar!!! What a blast from the past!!!
I’ll sure let you know next time I heading for Dubai. It would be great to see you again after all these years.
If you’re here on the blog, you have most likely read about the turns of events in my life over the last almost 13 years. Not what I’d planned or expected, but that appears to be how life goes …
Hope yours has been good.
S
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