H just emailed again. He asked again about the business issue. Said that not knowing was stressful. (It's something I took care of. Nothing more needs to be done.)
Then he told me that he leaves tomorrow to visit his friend in another country. He had given me the impression he was going there a couple weeks ago.
A couple weeks ago, I had told him I wasn't yet sure if I would be in town for Christmas. Today he wrote:
"if you are not going to be in the Maple Street house, please let me know when you will not be there (the dates)and if someone else is there house sitting."
Oh, then he wished me a Merry Christmas. Note he referred to 'the Maple Street house' not 'if you aren't going to be home'.
Not sure how to respond to this. Again he wants to know what I'm doing, but does not say what he plans to do. Is he hoping he can come back while I'm out of town and change the locks?