Success. Had a phone call from W. Kept it upbeat, non-R, and projected "the awesome". Talked about my awesome current reconciliation with my cycling/piping buddy I started today. Dropped some tantalizing hints about what is going on in his world, since she knew him well. She asked about my riding and awesomely told of the many miles I'm doing. She asked if I was going to pipes, and I awesomely told her I was and needed to text one of the guys, so I had to go. Cut the conversation short and said goodbye first.