^I know your feeling there. It's happened to Leor and I many times. The most recent time was this morning when my internet connection just disconnected when I started talking to him. Luckily it just needed to restart and worked fine after that. My second dislike is when WL crashes on me during a conversation with him, but thankfully since I upgraded to Windows 7 it doesn't do that anymore.

Hopefully you'll get to talk to Pat soon though. I know how hard it is when you can't see the person you love for so long.