Me: Hellooo!
Patrick: Hello?
Me: Hey!!!
Patrick: Hi.
Me: What are you doing? Partying?
Patrick: Yeah. We’re watching home movies.
Me: Cool. Are you having fun?
Patrick: … Who is this?
Me: It’s Lindsey!
Patrick: OH, HEY!
Me: You having a big birthday?
Patrick: Yeah, we’re watching a video from February.
Me: You’re gonna come visit me in a couple of weeks, right?
Patrick: Yep.
Me: All right, well, sorry I couldn’t make it to your party, but we’ll have a big time when you come up here in a coupla weeks. Okay?
Patrick: Okay!
[It really sucks being a peripheral family member sometimes. Okay, all the time.]