He does work very hard, Mari. And he works sick, in pain (he has a bad back), never calls out, and likes to give at least a week's notice when taking a day off. For the first two years he was with this company, he took a couple of personal days, but didn't take vacations.

He feels very unappreciated. Obviously his boss didn't listen to him when he mentioned all the travel was taking it's toll, since he sent him all the way down to Nantucket a few days later. Since we're having money problems, I get the impression he feels like he's breaking his back for nothing.

I take all of that into consideration when he misbehaves. I guess I give him a pass because I understand he's under so much stress. I know that doesn't mean his behavior is acceptable though.

Fortunately he was wrong about the ferries, and his contact at the job he was on called, and there was an earlier one, so he got home at 4:30, but that's still about an 11 hour day of work yesterday. He was up a little later than usual, but slept okay, and went into work this morning.


On my end, the colon prep started working about 24 hours after I drank it, which was close to bedtime. It was inconvenient, but at least I got some results.

I'm bloated, so I'm still not weighing myself. I'm working hard on my diet, and don't want to get upset over nothing.