Well, you’re right that something is bothering me OUTSIDE of the fact that S. is acting like a jerk.
We have been sniping at each other all week, with tension running high, etc. So yes, that is bothering me. But yesterday, in e-mails with another DB buddy, I vowed to make it my mission to do damage control. I had actually been sending him sweet e-mails at work, and this morning when I called I made it clear that I didn’t want to get in his way, that I just wanted to come over and take a look at the table to see if it would fit in the car.
You see, he has his own projects in Vermont, and I was taking the table so that I would have something to do while he is out all day doing his own thing. So no, the table will not distract my attention from him – quite the opposite. I’m not sure why he doesn’t want me to take the table, except that this morning he said something about it being like when I bought it and he was pissed to have to be involved. I wasn’t asking for his involvement, actually, and reiterated that to him. He continued to act like a butthead.
Anyway, I don’t deny that other things are bothering me. But I am still sticking by my guns that his reaction today, and the way he treated me, was crappy. And I can DB with the best of ‘em, but I’m not going to chalk up that kind of crap to what could have been bothering ME.
Today is a cooling off period, because we’re both at work (and I’m running our errands all day), and so tonight when I go get him, I can act as if, turn on the radio, and ease on down the road.
