Seeking Gold Stars

At dinner, I asked the table what each member had learned throughout the day.  Then I scrambled in my own head to come up with something that I had learned myself.  I then announced that I had learned how to privately message someone during a zoom meeting.  Today in a zoom, my friend Amy Riley joined the group and sent me a private message, "hi!".  To which, flummoxed, I did not know what to do.  What if I accidentally messaged the entire group?  Then I noticed there was actually spot for me to respond to Amy.  Then. saw that easy peasy there was a drop down bar where I could message privately anyone in the entire group.  (What magic is this technology!) I shared this proudly with my family, just waiting for gold stars to be showered upon me.  Instead there was silence.  Thom responded, "I think everyone else learned those techniques 9 months ago."  I protested that I had in fact had Zoom issues, when I had tried to do things like share a screen, the entire zoom went down, dropping me back into the beginning room.  It felt as if as an instructor in real life, if I kept instructing while walking out of the room and wandering the hallways.  The zoom was still up, however, I could not longer see anyone.  (It is one of my greatest fears as a virtual instructor, to get kicked out of my own zoom!)  My attempt to regain my coolness has failed completely, additionally, no gold stars.