Type out your letter, then print it to read in session? I've done that, vacation or not. I do that whenever I have a hard time bring up something I want to discuss.. I think she probably gets tired of hearing the literary, edited version of my thoughts and wishes for something more spontaneous, like...I don't know...talking about them in person? But the thoughts are getting out, one way or the other, and to me they make more sense on paper.