It was fine, I got all the news of who did what and what happened, all the usual family stuff. Dinner was edible, I'm pretty sure I got told I need to make sure I'm working hard around four times. Overall it was about the same as it always is. As long as everyone's okay I can't complain. What about yours?

[and as usual, no acknowledgement of his work or asking after it, but he's used to that. better that than something lamenting "why couldn't you be an accountant like your cousin."]