His feelings about his future changed.
He now thinks he is filling the role his boss wanted him to. As usual, he didnt want to do it and pushed back. Now he is and it looks like he is just starting to get recognition for this major effort.
And he told me he is enjoying it - I can tell. He is 100% isolated from us. Spends 100% of his time on this. We cannot talk to him or make any noise when he is on the phone. He goes to work, comes back and works until all hours of the night.
We have very short conversations. He is aggressive and abrasive in his style of talking when we do talk. He, of course, doesnt do anything around the house. He feels this is all justified because of what he calls "the layoff situation." Its given him permission to do whatever he thinks is necessary for work. And since he is enjoying it, being totally absorbed by it has become necessary. I asked him how long this would go on and he said until the end of the year. At least. Hopefully, he'll get himself upstairs soon.
