Actually I don't think this is the case. I did at first and then apologized to D for assuming.
I went off on his vm. Then went to the house and took him some awesome coffee beans we just got in at work. Apologized and was helpful on some of the stuff he was working on at the house. He is really working on it.
I also tipped him off on the lawn care people, that if he doesn't want them to do the leaves this year he probably needs to let them know or they will just automatically do them since they did them last year.
He thanked me for the info and the coffee beans.
I thanked him for returning my call and told him that I really appreciated it and that I totally did an emotional reaction and I was very sorry for jumping to conculusions. I also thanked him for being understanding that I was extra emotional with the step down in progress and his being understanding was very appreciated.
He said he accepted my apology and walked me out, that is when we were discussing the leaves. I also asked him if he would like to put a stack of his newspapers in my car that I would recycle them for him.
He did and right before leaving I asked if he would possibly be interested in a drive out towards Otter Creek to look at the leaves and he said maybe. Which is his standard response, but he now sometimes will say I don't think so.
My take is D isn't feeding J a lot of info either and she is trying to pump G for it. But who knows.
Pam
"We must be willing to let go of the life we had planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us"