Saturday, December 2, 2006

Whiplash

This afternoon we went to see the movie déjà vu. Pretty good actioner. I felt good with Mrs. Ray the whole time. We stopped for a bit of Mexican dinner, and when home to begin carving up December's bills. (Since we are splitting, there's a few "daily living" type items we need to pay each other for. After this we're each on our own for these.)
Suddenly Mrs. Ray's and my communication begins to break down. We talk about individual bills, and I set up a spreadsheet with everything laid out - who pays who for what bill. But Mrs. Ray is upset because she thought all the bills were settled except for the big charge card we always use. I have an MBA, and have dealt with charts & spreadsheets for years. But Mrs. Ray still wants to do one account at a time. (OK, there's a communication problem here, but I'm doing my best to represent Mrs. Ray's idea.) Now, she's irritated/frustrated, and I am too (from the opposite side of the same problem!) So much for a peaceful evening.
I still pray that God would inform my thoughts and actions with Mrs. Ray.
[Update: Mrs. Ray manually added up everything and it all worked out. Whew!]

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