New to DB

[hopefulinga]

H seemed close to his normal self last night. Maybe the mothership let him come back for a visit.

I can tell that his stress level is off the chart. Last night he got a call regarding one of his customers that has been acting shady, and the call confirmed that. He was talking to the other person about being owed $$. The other person must have said something about suing or collecting because H said, "I've got that covered, I'm married to a lawyer and they know it."

After he got off the call, he expressed some of his frustration with the situation. I did a good job of listening, telling him that he had every right to be frustrated and that I hated that he was going thru this. A little bit of a 180 for me because I drafted a change order for this customer that I know H has not had the guy sign for some changes on a big job. I didn't do any "told ya so" stuff.

I also talked to a friend of his (in front of him) about a chicken dish. Usually I would just try to cook it, but instead I asked H if it would be ok to try that recipie. I didn't get an answer, do I will ask again before I try it.

These are small victories for me in the 180 and respecting his feelings department. I know now that I need to stick to this pattern and not get comfortable and slip back to my old attacking self.