Damn me and my expectations. I just scored awesome tickets to a concert that sells out in less than a minute everytime this band comes to town. Called XH to tell him, expecting that he'd at least be surprised, at least say thank you. Nope, but he did complain about having to leave CA and come home. "It sucks." was how he put it.
Gonna grab a glass of wine and day dream about boxing all his stuff up and sending it to him with a card saying "Don't worry about coming back, we're better off with out you!"