W just called my cell phone. I hesitated picking up and now I know why!
W complained about S5, telling me that I needed to talk to him, saying he had been misbehaving with her the whole trip back. W sounded very stressed, and S5 sounded loopy. Those 2 poor souls have been traveling for about 8 hrs now and are just barely arrived, waiting for their luggage at the airport. I validated W's tiredness and upset, noting that I really felt for her and S5.
I did talk to S5, and did some 'mini-DBing' with him, noting that I knew he was tired and so on... He actually calmed down too, and W thanked me for talking with him. This stuff reallly works!
W wrapped up the call with comments about how she didn't have any fun, "just 1 hr at a blues club" and "why did [she] even go." The past me would have said, "No sir! I gave you 9 hrs of S5-less time yesterday! I did too help!" The current me just listening, and validated her feelings of tiredness.
Think any of this will sink in?
Well I'm off to watch a movie and veg for the rest of the evening. Feeling the traveling blahs. Back at it tomorrow.
