Eh...I'm existing? Could be better, could be worse, you know how it goes. How've you been holding up? You were a little shaky before I got called back...

[She was going to say 'home', but that's not home any more. Hadn't been 'home' for a while, and it was likely never to be again, so she shrugs.]

Back to America. I wasn't planning to be gone so long, but you probably know how family stuff can go. You think you've got it all handled, and then something comes along to make you realize, no, you don't. But there were ups for the downs, too, you get me?