Hi Jackie, I'm so sorry to hear its been rough for ya lately. I can certainly relate to a S that does seem to want to climb out of their own misery.
He is giving all the telltale signs about being stressed out over something and is goin' down the cheeseless tunnel of reacting to it with anger. It sounds like what he needs is some down time. Maybe this trip to Europe can provide that? In the meanwhile, you don't want him to connect you to being a source of his stress. So for the next week I would say keep a low profile, wait to see if he comes back from his trip with a new attitude. This will also give you three weeks to set up long term goals on how to diffuse the stress, if or when it builds up again.
Sorry to drop by for such a short time, but will check in on ya later...
