It's been a very busy and at times stressful week. We wrapped up three projects at the office and made big inroads on a fourth. I'm looking forward to a relaxing, stress-free 3-day weekend.
I had the stitches taken out on my nose on Monday and had to leave the little bandage on for five days. I took it off this morning and boy am I glad I didn't let the dermatologist scrape my nose. You can hardly tell anything was ever done. I'm very, very pleased.
A trip to the dentist this week for a cleaning has led me to another "cosmetic" improvement. I have a tooth that is getting dark and it has been bugging me because it just doesn't look good when I smile. The dentist said there's nothing wrong with the tooth, but fillings that were done years and years ago are beginning to show through the thinning enamel. He said whitening won't really solve the problem and the only solution was a crown. So, I've elected to have that done on Tuesday.
MIL is doing better. There are therapists coming in and getting her out of bed and exercising. The prognosis is that they can get her back to where she was before the fall.
On the MLC front, things have been somewhat quiet, but I have this vibe that the dynamic is not the same and I can't quite put my finger on what it is. I feel like I'm in a fog. I sense a change taking place between H and I since he was here but I'm not sure what it is exactly or how to interpret or respond to it. I feel like we have a better business connection than we've had in a long while, but don't know if that will be the extent of it or if it will lead to a better dynamic on the personal level. I'm kind of at a loss as to how to deal with it. I want to encourage it but not interfere with his process. Uncharted waters!
H calls into the office every day and until recently, our call usually only lasted about 5 minutes. H has become more and more chatty, mostly about business issues and plans, but he also talks about things he's doing other than business more than in the recent past. The calls are going 20 minutes or longer now and he's doing most of the talking.
H and I were always a pretty good team in running the business until MLC hit and he stopped talking to me about his plans or asking my opinion about possible directions. I have felt for a long time that the "team work" had fallen by the wayside. Now he's back to talking about plans, asking for my input, etc. It feels more like being a team than it's felt in a long time. I don't quite know what to make of it, but I'm pretty happy that we are starting to communicate more in that area. He's showing more interest in what's going on here and the direction of the business than he has in quite some time and I have so needed his help.
On the personal side, H is on a trip to the mountains this weekend. He told me a couple of days ago about an all day hike he was taking the next day and that he was looking forward to hiking and having some time to think about the business and "other things." I have no idea what "other things" means, but it does sound like he's processing stuff and if so, I'm glad to hear that. After the discussions we had while he was here, I sort of thought he had some things to think about. What the outcome will be, who knows?
H's birthday was a couple of days ago, so I bought a birthday card, took pics of it and sent them to him along with birthday wishes. He seemed very appreciative of that.
This weekend will give me an answer to my "experiment" ... cracking a window to encourage him to contact me on the weekend without me contacting him first. (As I said in my previous thread, I had told him some time ago when things were pretty rough not to contact me except at the office or about business. I've since told him that it was okay to call whenever he wanted, but he still stays quiet.) We'll see if I get any contact over this long weekend. My expectation is at zero.
Wishing everyone a fun and safe holiday weekend.
2T
Me: 59 and holding H: :53 Me: 1 S, 1 D, both grown M: 19 T: 23 BD: 9-23-2013
I sense a change taking place between H and I since he was here but I'm not sure what it is exactly or how to interpret or respond to it. I feel like we have a better business connection than we've had in a long while, but don't know if that will be the extent of it or if it will lead to a better dynamic on the personal level. I'm kind of at a loss as to how to deal with it. I want to encourage it but not interfere with his process. Uncharted waters! 