you guys! i'm so crazy. he called today, was traveling all weekend (skiing with one of his best buddies), and got very sick with a stomach bug last night (which is when he was planning on calling).

sigh.

but to answer your questions... he is in western europe (a gracious plenty of internet cafes). he just moved in to his apartment last week and, due to construction, internet and land line phone were not yet working (landlord was supposed to fix that today). he's walking a verrrrry thin line at work, not wanting to do anything to get in trouble, so he is trying to not use his work phone to call the US often or download skype on his computer. this morning i told him that i just learned you can get skype on your phone (!!!!!!) and he said as soon as he quits being sick he's going to look into that.

oh what crazy fools we are when we're separated from our lovies, eh?!?!

thank you so much for your replies!