I`d expected that H has stayed with his siblings after their big night out and like half the nation, were following the golf on TV. But H came back just before the golf ended. Hadn`t seen it at all and siad he`d spent the day on his own in the city.

Yeah, right.

But I didn`t question him. Just asked if he`d eaten as there was steak in the fridge but he said he had.

Didn`t say why he stayed away so long and I can only imagine that since he`d been drinking with his brothers the night before wandering about on your own aimlessly in a city is the last thing you`d want to do with a hangover.

If you were on you own, that is.

His mood was foul.Snippy,sarcastic,short with the kids. I just kept out of it. Finished clearing dishes and mentioned that a neighbour he knew had died.That took him out of his snippyness a bit. I left the room then and went to watch a dvd with the kids leaving H to his own devices.

He slept in the guestroom. Sheets unchanged from our week end guests. Ugh!But that`s his choice. Slightly chipper mood this morning and, thank God, and the angels above, he`s back to work today after 2 weeks off. Yippee!!

He met me this am relaxed in my bathrobe. I have his mood thing off pat now-I don`t look afraid/angry/upset/sad. Just nonchalant and cool.Any other look just flips him into thick mode.

But I`m not entirely stupid. I`m going through rake through bank records this week and be ready for that window of sanity he might get so we can change the way the finances are set up.

I`d say H got an earful from his brother this weekend and that`s why he`s thick. I`m trying to spot the cycles and reasons here but a part of me is really wonders why the heck an I bothering any more.