My mom is the only one at home and is trying to get on skype. For some reason our skype at home doesn't function correctly and so they can never hear me, but I can always hear them. So it turns into a frantic scramble for the phone, them calling Glen, and the problem being fixed. Only to start again the next time we try to talk. Maybe life really is cyclical like that and we just never notice it's cycle. Life gives and life takes away.