WOW, Slowly! Amazing - I'm so impressed. I would probably be pouting and sticking my lip out if I got a response like that, and you have really turned his non-responses into favorable feedback. Way to go!
[taking notes]
Could he possibly have been thinking that some muscular loverboy was over there helping you move the heavy stuff while he was away? I wonder if that thought flitted across his mind.
Here's wishing you a very relaxing, happy weekend.