Me: Hello?

Dad: Hello?

Me: Dad?

Dad: Oh, oh hey there, Mare. Sorry, I forgot I called you.

Me: OK?

Dad: Yup. So hey, how you doing?

Me: I’m fine, how are you?

Dad: I’m OK, I’m OK. So hey, I’m coming down this weekend.

Me: Next weekend.

Dad: Right. Yup. Next weekend. And I’ll be there in time for lunch on Saturday. So maybe we can go somewhere kind of fun.

Me: Sure.

Dad: Like maybe that barbecue place we went to last time. That was kind of fun. Or somewhere else kind of fun. Or that barbecue place. It’s up to you.

Me: OK sounds good.

Dad: Yeah. So I’ll get there, and we can go to that barbecue place, or somewhere else kind of fun.

Me: OK, let’s go to the barbecue place.

Dad: Oh really? You want to go there? Sure, that we be kind of fun. Or we can go somewhere else. It’s up to you.

Me: OK.

Dad: And then for dinner, maybe we can go to that Italian place? That place is pretty neat. Or we can go somewhere else — it’s your birthday so you pick. That Italian place was neat though, wasn’t it?

Me: Yeah, that place is great. I was thinking of another place —

Dad: Oh were you?

Me: Yeah.

Dad: Well, you’re the birthday girl so you pick. Or we can always go to that neat Italian place.

Me: Sure, we can go there.

Dad: To that Italian place that’s kind of neat?

Me: Yeah.

Dad: You want to go there?

Me: Sure.

Dad: OK, great. That place is pretty neat, isn’t it?

Me: Yes, it’s great.

Dad: Yeah it is. We always have the best meals there. OK so maybe we’ll go to that barbecue place for lunch and that Italian place for dinner. Or anywhere else you want to go.

Me: Sounds good.

Dad: Does it?

Me: Yeah.

Dad: OK great. Then I’ll see you Saturday. Probably around noon or one — I’ll let you know. And maybe I can just pick you and up and we can drive to that barbecue place. That would be kind of fun. I mean, if you want to go there.

Me: Sure. So what else is going on?

Dad: I should take off. We’re going to this German place down the street. It’s pretty interesting.

Me: Oh great.

Dad: Yeah, it’s good. Interesting.

Me: Cool.

Dad: Well.

Me: OK. Bye Dad.

Dad: Yup.

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