As promised, I'm back; however, not on a rainy day. For once. Spring has sprung (see earlier post) and the sun is shining! ANYWAYS...

Sunday, moments after I completed my last update, I was given the gracious gift of more blogging material. Now, this doesn't happen very often, where it's just handed to me...like one silver platter. It was awesome. But I digress.

Carissa, my BFF (of many other BFFs, as I'm lucky enough to have several), and I figure we should Skype. Just for kicks. This is where you put yourselves in the moment...

Bliiiing! Bliiiing! (OR if you have the new Skype: Boo beep boo beep, boo beep boo beep)

Whitney: Hello! (turns on webcam and her face appears on screen)

Carissa's face appears on screen, her mouth moving in contorted ways but no sound comes through my speakers.

Whitney: Umm... (furrows her brow as she watches the contortions on the other end)

Carissa: throws her hands up, opening her mouth wider as if she is yelling at me.

This was our first indication something wasn't right. Obviously, audio-wise, we had some work to do. So, after about 15 minutes of tinkering, Carissa's contortions bellow sound through my speakers. I celebrate with a "Woooo!"

Whitney: Wooooo!

Carissa: Umm... are you saying something to me because it looks like your lips are moving and you're throwing your hands up, but I hear nothing.

Now I'm making weirdo contortions with my lips, opening my mouth in a more distinct way as if that will help her hear me. 

Carissa: Still nothing.

So the dance continues for about another 15 minutes, as I search around on my new laptop for some sort of audio menu: it's like I was working with a PC. Jeepers.

UNTIL Carissa states: Oh.

Whitney: Oh what? (Yes, I'm still speaking to her even though I was probably just going to be seen making clown faces on her end)

Carissa: I had it on the wrong setting. I can hear you now.