I want to try to at least be on friendly terms going in to the weekend. If we go in there less stressed, maybe it will go better. Any thoughts on this? Our annual block party is this weekend, an event we both enjoy. I want to enjoy it this year as well. Maybe I should initiate a light conversation here and there?
So make your mind up to enjoy it. Everything else you wrote is dependent on how your wife makes you feel. You still don't see how much you focus on your wife. Your wife is not responsible for your feelings, you are. Stop feeling so much and start thinking. Is what you are doing working? Maybe try something else that others have had success with. If it works keep it otherwise try something new.
M22,H45,W45 S21/18D12 Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.