Out Of Sorts Today

Even though Raquel slept really well last night and woke up in a wonderful mood, it just became an "out of sorts" day - with me, most likely, to blame.

Once Mike leaves for work in the morning, I typically take the girls out for a quick 1-mile walk around the neighborhood. Today, as I was rushing to get going, I locked the door - with my keys still inside. Fortunately I had my cell phone and was able to call for help. So our 15-20 minute walk ended up being over an hour, and me barely having enough snacks to keep Raquel content. I didn't have her shoes on yet, just her socks, so she was pretty much confined to the stroller this time. I was amazed at how well she did, and even once Mike was able to come home from work and let us in the house, she continued to be very playful.

The session with Cari started out okay, but shortly after we got going, out came the behaviors. It was an odd session because overall, she didn't score bad data wise, even scored 80% and above on several programs. It was just hard with the behaviors. Today was the first day in a very long time that I needed to pretty much sit on the floor throughout the session. Everytime I'd leave to check my work, she'd either follow me or whine. It was weird. And we had to play the song. Actually, the album was pretty much background music for the last part of the session.

Again, don't exactly know what happened or what seemed to set her off. Cari did remind me of how in touch Raquel is to my emotions. It could have been me being stressed this morning and then rushing around once we finally got back in the house. Or it could have been Mike leaving for work, then showing back up unexpectedly. Or maybe she just wasn't in to therapy today. We'll have to see what tomorrow brings.