Today I spent about 7 hours doing physical labor around the house. Have about 5-6 hours to go on this project which I think will make a big impact, value- and appearance-wise.
Ended up drafting an email response to stbx, sitting on it, and then editing to make it sound less angry. I explained that I was having a hard time understanding why he seems to think every legal move I make is tied to some evil purpose when it's not. I also expressed that we are clearly both eager to move this along but that I needed him to take seriously my desire to explore keeping the house.
We'll see what kind of response this gets, considering how irritated he was when I asked him to let me know whenever he planned to come by the house. He said he was uncomfortable doing that considering it was his house. ??? I stayed calm and said I thought it would be common courtesy to let me know since he wasn't staying here anymore. After an angry pause he agreed but he was clearly not happy about it. Any time he has to think about someone else's feelings or wishes really sets off something in that brain of his.
