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[istherehope]

Anyway with a very non-exciting update, I got back to my desk, and there was an IM from H that he'd paid 1K from our current account. He's offline now, but I just sent a few short lines for when he logs back in, acting like I didn't realize he was offline...

"OK great we can pay even more if needed--am fine with cutting back on anything not absolutely necessary. Oh you're not there. I'm silly typing to myself :)"

Hopefully this is crisis resolved for the day. It is actually true though that we would be in much better shape if I were to just come back early to Dublin, and we would have much more money in the budget. Now it's just a matter of somehow planting that seed in his head in a non-obvious way...My idea is to mention a couple of business trips that I have in early October, where I need to fly from Dublin. I will hold off on this for another 10 days or so, but by mentioning them, and the few days between them, he might start to wonder about the cost of a hotel. I also know that he has a business trip at the beginning of October, or thereabouts. The dates haven't been confirmed yet, but I think it could be that we have 3 business trips in a row, all within a few days of each other. He certainly wouldn't want me to pay to fly back and forth to Wroclaw during those few days, and it would be good to have me there to care for the dogs instead of paying for a kennel while he is away. Well, let's just see if he can somehow come to that conclusion on his own. Probably the best way would be for me to say "Oh I have these 2 trips from Dublin on X dates. There's a couple of days in between, so I'll just stay in a hotel near the airport. If I suggest the hotel, like I did on my last night before leaving for Wroclaw, he may tell me not to do it. If I ASK if I need to stay in a hotel, chances are he'll say yes. Finances seem to be driving a lot of his behavior lately, so it is a possibility...I think him asking me to just stay would be SO much easier than me just showing up like Jody suggested (even though I will do that if needed).

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