Well, the analogy of the "honeymoon" being over is about right. Things are not bad, actually just settling into "normal" again and that's not all bad. I am still not ever going to settle for complacency again, but since we are still both talking about moving onward and upward (planning some more traveling, etc) I am ok with how things are.
Since the semi-rough patch last week, it's been pretty ok. No MLing this week but that was to be expected (not that I didn't try mind you). We have been going non-stop getting ready for the Christmas party we had on Saturday night and both of us were tired. Actually on Saturday night, W initiated but ended up falling asleep from sheer fatigue (didn't take it personally). I don't think her heart was in it anyway, I just think she knew it had been awhile and was trying to "make it up to me" somehow. I think I understood this and didn't really buy into it that much. I was happy to help her get to sleep, offering to continue in the morning, which didn't happen, but really made her smile.
Now, it is, well, the natural no-ML time, so there will be none for awhile. That's probably a good thing.
Other than that, things have gone well. We've had our ups and downs, little spats here and there, but the thing that I like is that those spats don't linger anymore. It used to be that once one of us got in a mood, or when we had any kind of conflict, it would carry over for hours, sometimes a day or more. Now, we seem to get it out and move on.
I like to think that's mainly due to me being able to let it go. I never used to do that. I used to beat everything to death, rehashing it until there was literally nothing more to discuss. Now I have learned to recognize that pattern and when I do, I try to stop myself from doing it. I have been pretty successful so far.
