It's a Small World

About 6 years ago Sam got to know Nathan online through xbox live and WOW.  Nathan lives in Australia and is here on holiday.  It has been fun for the guys to finally meet Nathan, except for Sam.  Sam won't be home for Christmas leave before Nathan has to go back home.  It's bittersweet to have Nathan here and Sam at Fort Bragg.  I really missed Sam this week.

Blake and Nathan came for dinner this week.  I took this first picture right after I told them, "the potatoes might be HoT, or actually may be like molten lava", and Blake took a big, painful bite.

 We had to show Nathan Sam's old room where Sam had been gaming with him all those years.  The guys wear headsets and chat during the game.  It was fun for Nathan to sit where Sam has been gaming with him for all those years.

 Besides gaming Nathan has been busy finishing Uni (in Australia college or university is referred to as uni) and working full time.  He was saving up for his trip to the states.  He went to the Apple Cup, went shooting, is going to a hockey game in Canada, going to Mt. Baker to see snow for the first time and taking a train trip to San Francisco.  When Nathan gets home he has a job waiting as a chemical engineer for a mining company.

Sam hopes to go to Australia to visit Nathan after he finishes his time in the army.  It is strange to think that when I was their age there was no internet, xbox live, no cyber friendships.  Everything was IRL.

It's a cool world out there.