hi mom hey its great to be able to talk to you ah i havent been able to talk to you in really a long time and ah my friend jack has got this box that i can talk to you from so id like to be able to send you this message and tell you how much i love you and also tell you that i think you should start talking to daddy again since youre both there together theres no reason not to talk and also um you know how we used to watch the weather all the time on tv and we used to know what was happening ah you know up there in winnipeg and ah well i met this guy named al and hes um hes the weatherman now for the whole planet if you can imagine that and ah hes uh sometimes not popular because uh this is very strange but you know people turn on the weatherman when the weather is gonna be bad they actually turn on the weatherman and uh say bad things about him and put him down so so uh things havent been that great lately uh you know day by day is really good uh you know most of the time but every once in a while all hell breaks loose mom and the whole thing is just like nothing ive ever seen before and it it seems to be happening everywhere so ah you know if youre in there everywhere all the time all around the whole globe around earth so you know even though als forecasts are good he gets in trouble so ah you know i always know we used to watch the weather forecast together so i thought id tell you about that and ah i miss you and i know that ah i i know that ah you know id like you to say hello to ben for me ah and tell him that you know that ill be around ah ill be there eventually ah not for a while though i still have a lot of work to do here and ah and so i love you and ah i hope eveybodys feeling good up there and dont forget to talk to daddy bye 