January 16, 2006

Friday night got a little ugly. For some reason she'd decided she wanted to fight and nothing would stop it - not even just leaving the room. But she was past whatever it was by Saturday morning. Once she got that all out of her system, the rest of the weekend was actually quite nice. Her boyfriend came over and spent several hours with us both Saturday and Sunday. That, I think, helped her a lot. It was so very nice to see her smile and hear her laugh.

Today is Martin Luther King Day - a federal holiday - so she'll be home today. All day. My husband has to work, so that leaves just me with the kids. I bounce back and forth being nervous about it and being happy about it - I do a lot of emotional bouncing these days - but I think we'll be okay. She's been trying really hard to make some changes with how she reacts. And I've been trying really hard, as well.