It's been a few days since I updated. No huge news, but I want to keep journaling.
We had a good weekend. W has been wanting to get the house cleaned up, and I spent several hours shoveling all the accumulated crap out of the den while she weeded through her clothes. It was good to support her goals (and the den does look a lot better now!)
We went to our dance lesson Sunday afternoon - learning the West Coast Swing. Still working on Leading and Following, and the new steps we learned were pretty challenging. Fun, though.
Sunday afternoon / night, W wanted to watch the two football playoff games on TV. In the Old Days, I never liked football and would never watch it with her - one of her gripes. Learning to like football was one of my GAL activities (long story there), but I'm not sure she ever 100% believed it. Anyways, we had a good time watching the games (particularly the Patriots/Colts - she cheered for Indy because they were the underdogs - I didn't tell her I was cheering for the Patriots out of loyalty to my man swashy from the DB boards ). Drank some tasty dirty martinis during the second game with W leaning against me in bed as we watched TV. ML after the game. In other words, a great evening!
Monday, W was really out of sorts after work. She and D14 were fighting like crazy. Did my best to get them both to chill out, then backed off and let them go at it. This was a 180 for me - I used to jump into the fray with both feet. Worked on my homework while everybody simmered down, then went and talked to W. She had had a crummy day at work, with PMS to boot, and that led to the blow up. Listened to her problems and affirmed without "fixing". Afterwards, took D14 aside and told her mom had a crummy day at work - heard them making up a little while later.
Today things seem better for W. We've emailed a few times while at work and she seems in a much better mood. I feel like I handled it very well and kept applying my DBing, particularly the "control your own actions and don't try to control the other person's" lesson.
Rob
Thread #10 22 year M, MLC, Piecing since 1/07 Goal: Live with confidence & enthusiasm!
). Drank some tasty dirty martinis during the second game with W leaning against me in bed as we watched TV. ML after the game. In other words, a great evening! 
