Oh, Whatever

We woke up this morning around 11:30, and he immediately rolled out of bed and headed to the door (without a word). I told him to wait a minute, and asked where he was going. He said, in a very testy tone, that he had to go work on his midterm and that he only has two days to do it. That pissed me off. Not that he left. Not that he had work to do. I completely understand that. But the tone that he took with me was entirely unnecessary. Here is how he could have handled the situation:

It is 11:30. He wakes up, turns to me, says (in a normal tone), "I have to go work on my midterm now." I say, "Okay, I should probably get some work done too." He walks out. Everyone is happy.

I understand that he is stressed out. I am too. And I may have been a little bit whiny last night when he started to fall asleep during the movie (okay, I was a lot whiny). I haven't seen him very much for three days. I've missed him. He doesn't have to take his stress out on me. I didn't need him to stay here for more than two minutes this morning. But of course, in the contest of academics v. me, academics always wins. And I'm not saying that it shouldn't win. I just don't think it takes much to not be rude. He could have even left almost exactly like he did and just not copped the attitude with me when I asked where he was going. A simple, calm answer would have been nice. I feel like there is always some sort of lack of respect toward me in half of the things he does. When he says one thing and does another, when he doesn't call if we have "plans" and they change, when he leaves heaps of dirty dishes in my sink, when he talks to me like he did this morning....

I won't be knocking on his door today. I wouldn't want to further incur the wrath of the midterm monster. Plus, I need to cool off. I don't feel like picking a fight with him today. I have reading to do anyways. Out-of-state class trip in five days (counting today). I need the time away. It will be good to get some distance and to think about all of this. It will probably be good for him too.