I'm not sure HOW I would have handled an anniversary whilst in limbo, T. I was just lucky the timing worked for me.
That's gotta be rough.
However I DO see you have a lot of positives here too!
Yes, I think the childcare thing IS a positive. He CARES and isn't looking to make things harder on you...He mentioned your two projects!
So why the snipe about the carpet? Well he probably ASSumed that he was going to have to foot the bill...worried about the financial and "other" implications of the sitch? and perhaps in his mind the new floor is not high on the list of priorities? Who can say for sure, but him!
At any rate, you deflated that nicely by having the cash yourself!
