Lizzy, Thanks for the encouragement. He did laugh and smile watching S bowl today, watching a dozen 5 yr olds try to bowl is a riot! And he talked with the other moms and dads, and to me, too. In fact he put his arm on my lower back for a little bit while he was standing by me, which he hasn't done in quite a while.
He only got a little uncomfortable-looking when his parents showed up at the end of the party. They drove down from Iowa to visit b/c they were missing the grandkids. The weather was bad so we just stayed at the bowling alley with them. I think he felt bad that he didn't pay more attention to them but he couldn't stay long with another load of hay to deliver.
Turns out I was right, I think. MIL just called to say they made it back home. She said H had called them from the road to apologize for taking off so soon. She said H felt bad he didn't spend more time with them. So I will just assume his seeming unhappiness at the end of the afternoon was more discomfort at having his parents drive 2 hours just to see him for 45 minutes (me and the kids stayed to visit for 2 hours, we went to the mall after H left), not anything to do with me.
Oh, and he isn't home yet. He won't get back until probably eleven. Just had a naughty impulse to go to bed naked and see if he notices, but I think that falls under trying to force some progress T-shirt it is....
T-shirt it is....
