38 minutes until telework time
T had a moment to express to me how he's feeling stressed by the sudden popup of B at our house. Sure, I get that. I don't know whether B even offered to stay at a hotel instead or anything.
T had expected a day to himself at the house yesterday, yes, that's one reason why I commuted even though I didn't have to. He'd expected to put up the new outdoor Christmas lights he'd been excited to purchase. Yes. But instead he had to go help B "grab things". Plus the evening at the theater that seemed to come out of nowhere.
So, T is feeling extra stress, as am I, and then B is feeling unexpectedly homeless, so STRESS ALL AROUND.
If it were me, I'd cancel our Christmas Eve party LOL. But T wouldn't do that unless we were sick. He's extroverted and loves Christmas and wants to do all the work and see all the people. And I love him, so this is one of my annual loyalty missions for him.
This can't help but remind me of when K suddenly moved in, for different reasons, but I recall it was just as sudden -- suddenly K had to rent his condo to somebody else so he needed to move into our house. That was stressful! But sometimes a partner has an emergency with their living situation and you have to make room.
And sometimes a friend -- when NYC David was visiting but his partner got COVID, so NYC David overstayed with us for a few extra days. That was stressful for all of us, Tod, David, and I all got mad at each other.
If the Christmas Eve party weren't coming up, I'd just head to the condo to give T & B some extra space, but there's no time for that now.
T is off work until the new year, so he's just turned over his home office to B, that's nice of him. I do feel for the stress each of them are under right now. I'll try to be patient and compassionate. And now I'm even less likely to get that final exam completed before Christmas Day LOL. It will be a Studying Christmas for me!
T had expected a day to himself at the house yesterday, yes, that's one reason why I commuted even though I didn't have to. He'd expected to put up the new outdoor Christmas lights he'd been excited to purchase. Yes. But instead he had to go help B "grab things". Plus the evening at the theater that seemed to come out of nowhere.
So, T is feeling extra stress, as am I, and then B is feeling unexpectedly homeless, so STRESS ALL AROUND.
If it were me, I'd cancel our Christmas Eve party LOL. But T wouldn't do that unless we were sick. He's extroverted and loves Christmas and wants to do all the work and see all the people. And I love him, so this is one of my annual loyalty missions for him.
This can't help but remind me of when K suddenly moved in, for different reasons, but I recall it was just as sudden -- suddenly K had to rent his condo to somebody else so he needed to move into our house. That was stressful! But sometimes a partner has an emergency with their living situation and you have to make room.
And sometimes a friend -- when NYC David was visiting but his partner got COVID, so NYC David overstayed with us for a few extra days. That was stressful for all of us, Tod, David, and I all got mad at each other.
If the Christmas Eve party weren't coming up, I'd just head to the condo to give T & B some extra space, but there's no time for that now.
T is off work until the new year, so he's just turned over his home office to B, that's nice of him. I do feel for the stress each of them are under right now. I'll try to be patient and compassionate. And now I'm even less likely to get that final exam completed before Christmas Day LOL. It will be a Studying Christmas for me!