Trying Hard to have a good day

Today I am just grateful that at this point we are both trying hard to have a successful, calm, happy Christmas week. We got lost today and that always makes for a tense situation. B was driving, whick makes it more tense. We got honked at and cut off (utah really does have rude drivers), our son was a snotty, tired, clingy mess because he is sick, B is trying to squeeze in work hours, and I didn't do the grocery shopping until 7pm tonight. However, before we were even home from our adventure we were joking about how today will be a funny story someday. We were able to discuss the tension and move forward. We congratulated ourselves on no name calling, or yelling. And I requested a new, temporary boundary for the unique work week B has  while on vacation and he was TOTALLY cool with it. Today, like all the days the last couple months, the issues and anger aren't too far below the surface but we BOTH tried hard to not let them win and today we both succeded.  That feels a bit like a Christmas miracle and seeing B try so hard reminded me a bit of why I love the guy so darn much.