just as Dr. House needs someone to bounce ideas off of; even

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just as Dr. House needs someone to bounce ideas off of; even if it's the floor janitor, I need you guys rn

somewhat quick tl;dr I met this girl as an exchange student in Sweden, it's been like two years since we've talked and her English is such that it's hard to be informal with her. She wouldn't find it too weird if I messaged her, that's not what I'm worried about, but I'm trying to not sound like I'm I was born in Utah or whatnot. I want to make the conversation not sound like I'm talking to my grandma. (Last time I talked to her she was the one that actually messaged me first, just wondering how I've been .. two fucking years ago)

So what do I say? "Hi/hey" makes me sound mormon, "whats up/whaddup" makes me sound like I play League of Legends, what else is there? "ahoy"? I'm seriously considering ahoy. She was on a trip to New York recently, she might still be there, so:
"ahoy, it's been like two years since the last correspondence, but you still in New York?/How has new York been treating you?"

See, I was thinking about pointing out that we haven't talked in awhile but also ask how her visit to America's been, but I can't do it without it sounding like some forced garbage

help me out /adv/