Tuesday

Inevitable, right?  Yes, today was the day when we had a conflict over the TV.  As I had said, for the past 2 years it had been "mine" during the day.  Today when I came home and was looking forward to watching some of the UEFA soccer tournament, she had it on one of those "fix up a house" shows.  (Those shows hold no interest at all for me, and are at times like someone scratching fingernails on a blackboard ... probably the way she feels about some of the sports shows I watch.)  I didn't feel like I could or should come marching in and demand to watch what I wanted to watch, so I didn't say anything.  Eventually she said, "You can watch whatever you want to watch; I'm not that interested in this."  And eventually I did (not changing channels immediately because I didn't want to signal that I was chomping at the bit to watch anything but that show). 

Otherwise it was the kind of day that I expect to be -- and has so far been -- typical, i.e., we each go our own way some of the time and find things to do together some of the time.  It was very comfortable for me, and I think for her.