5 weeks remain til next chapter starts

[istherehope]

Thanks Jen!

I'm so glad to hear that they seem big to someone else :).

So, I THINK I was DB-tastic (I understand this isn't a real word). With his apology, I said "oh you weren't mean, maybe my budget wasn't that good"--this was with the intention of alleviating guilt. With the article he sent me, I said how much I liked it, and made a few comments about it to show I'd really read through it. When he talked about his school, I said how impressed I was with his ability to do an MBA while working, and when he talked about the pets, I said he "rocked" for taking such good care of them. Of course he went on to say yes it was really hard work...when he asked me about my job, I gave only a brief synopsis and asked him how his job was. When he said he was giving up yoga and painting for the budget, I said "sorry" and that's when he went on to talk about needing to devote time to school. In terms of the nickname, I keep calling him nicknames in all of our conversations, but not the lovey ones, only the funny sort of "mean" ones. It seems to be working though as he has followed suit.

OK this was a very good day. I hope Jody can get some positives out of him on tomorrow's call too!

Yes I know not to expect too much...I think he has his good and his bad days, and another bad day could always be around the corner :).

ITH