Something major I almost forgot to post! --Old Deb had to get her claws in this morning with the "sitting with you" question this morning (darn, wish I hadn't done that)....but New Deb scored a major victory....H was already in the garage when I walked out to help w/chores. H said "you left the light on out here all night" in a critical tone. Old Deb would respond in kind and get huffy and we would end up at the least feeling resentful toward each other. BUT, this morning New Deb stepped up to the plate, and maybe hit a homer. I said "I did?" (i was genuinely surprised) then said "I'm sorry", then I said "so for my punishment do I get a whipping with a wet noodle, or do I have to perform all kinds of lewd sexual acts?" H looked at me in surprise and actually started to chuckle and said "I guess it will be the wet noodle whipping", then I told him "I was afraid you'd pick the one that really is punishment because you knew I'd like the other, didn't you"? and he actually chuckled again and said "yep". Silly, but I sure think it diffused what might have been an irritating situation....and absolutely no good could have come over us getting irritated at each other over something so small. I'm sure I will probably leave the light on again sometime, and I'm sure it will always irritate H's obsessive streak. but it was interesting to see how surprised and off guard he was from my response, and how it diffused the situation for both of us. H was really surprised, that was actually kind of fun to see.
I hope New Deb gets strong enough to step to the front automatically real soon!
