I called my parents last night while A. and I were sitting on the couch in our apartment, watching a football game on TV. Specifically I was returning a call from my dad that earlier in the day I’d missed, but after talking to me for a few minutes he handed the phone to my mother, and then I talked to her. A. could also hear the conversation and participate, because I was using the speaker function on my phone, so really all four of us were present for the call. Mainly they’d wanted to just say hello, but also they wanted to know when they could visit A. and I at the house out in Wyoming. I told them I wasn’t sure yet but that maybe in February, when both A. and I are intending to drive out there with the cats and stay out there a while, though I myself am also planning to fly out there alone, beforehand, for a shorter period of time, later this month.