That is the mantra I tell myself. That and very deep breaths. Dh accuses me of misdirection, of not saying what I mean, but he is the one that finds something to pick on instead of saying, "You said that you want to finish the game on your phone; I am afraid that you will continue playing and we will not have anytime together before we fall asleep." Instead he states,"I don't see why you have to finish the game now if the score is so low anyway." HUH? I got upset-1 he presumed to know the score, and 2 he didn't listen to my explaination-I wanted to finish because my playing was part of a logic sequence that I didn't want to forget. Then he couldn't understand why I got upset. It took 20 minutes to get to the truth. He thought that I was going to stay up another hour playing. I have done that in the past, but I have been trying not to stay up. So now it is on my part a Deep breath, I will remain calm, and ask him what he is really asking about. And validate his feelings. And getting him to validate MINE too!

Knitting went fine last night. We joke about how long my sweater is going to take compared to everyone else's. I watch as the owner, Marie, shows the rest of the class how to do certain things that are not required in my sweater but are neat to know. And I get a good 3 hours of knitting in. I am trying to do that much knitting in every night, but with tv on and shows I like to watch, the knitting isn't as solid as when I am at the store. Tonight is the social needlecraft or free knit as it is called, so there is lots of talking etc, but lots of fun if people show up. I show up early. And leave a little early-but if we don't leave by 8, we get home too late.