Thanks, Chip. This is the best recommendation so far.

Chip Jones wrote:
Pilots can't go wrong with the two-transmission style. "N12345, VFR,
Request" tells the controller everything he/she needs at that moment in time
to instantly determine who you are, what you are, and what you want. He/she
can then determine how to handle you with minimum impact to his/her
operation at hand. Finding out where you are, where you are going and what
you plan on doing on the way there should come later, like when the
controller asks for it.