With Ashley, whom I hadn't talked to in a while:

Me: Hello? Hello?
Ashley: Hello? Hello? Wei?
Me: Hey, can you hear me? It's Caroline!
A: What the hell - Caroline? Hey!
Me: Hahahaha! Nice way to greet me ... [sarcastic tone] nice to hear your voice too, girl friend! Hey, whatcha doin' Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday nights?
A: Are you coming up to Austin? Do you need a place to stay?
Me: Yup!
A: Well, we have an extra bedroom. I'm not in town right now, but John's home ... I'm in China.
Me: WHOA ... holy crap ... okay then bye! Shoot! It's probably like $3 a minute to talk to you!
A: Well John's home ...
Me: Oh dude don't worry about it, I can stay with other friends, I was just thinkin' that I hadn't seen you in forever.
A: That's cool, I'll call you when I get back and we'll hang out OK?
Me: OK hurry up and hang up bye!

Yeah. I should uh, try to stay in touch a little better. Well, not really ... although our friendship is super low-maintenance (we might talk twice a year), whenever we do get a chance to catch up it's like we never missed a beat.

Although ... if I'd had known she was in China, it would've prevented me from running up her cell phone bill by $3. Sorry, Ash!