I was in my grad school weekly meeting from 5-6 pm. Usually during that time, I give all my attention to Ruby, but Thursdays I have this meeting. So she was going in and out and playing. Suddenly, she came running in and said, Mommy you have to come look; I am not okay with this! So I got up and followed her outside and, by the big tree, there was a dead bird. I said, oh no, leave it alone and let's go inside.
When we got in, she wanted me to go help the bird. I told her, I'm sorry baby, but it's gone, there's nothing I can do. She wanted to know what had happened to the bird and I told her Annie probably got it. She said, I want Annie to go to heaven so she will stop making birds be dead!
Ruby woke up several times in the past couple of weeks. One of the nights, I told her she could sleep with me but if she left my room, I would put her back in her room immediately. So, I think she stayed. Anyway, Buddy is my fluffy black cat and he's the only one I like. He's a bit spoiled. He'll come in in the middle of the night and knead on me and purr and meow at me but I usually still pet him. Well, he was in my room this night and I guess he went and started bugging Ruby. She told me, the next morning, Buddy wanted love and so I loved on him but then I told him no more but he cried at me so I had to innore him.
I went on Saturday and got my first vaccine shot! Ruby came with me. We went in and she pointed at everything and wanted to touch everything. The whole thing took maybe five minutes but then they wanted us to sit for 15 minutes to make sure no one had any adverse effects. Ruby and I were laughing and being silly. We called Maggie and told her I got my shot. A man and his young adult daughter were sitting next to us and they would chime in every once in a while to talk to Ruby. She had a dinosaur shirt on and the woman asked her if she had a favorite dinosaur. Ruby said, well we don't have a dinosaur at home. . .
Uncle Jeff, Ella, and Jill came over on Sunday so we could watch the last Wanda Vision. But then Ella announced we had to go back like 3 episodes! Gah! But man, what a freaking show. I'm sad that Disney appears to be taking over the world cause man they make good stuff. Even Ruby asks me about watching Wanda. We had pizza and I made a pudding dessert thing. Ruby and Jill broke Ruby's easel but otherwise were pretty good.
Oh! That night when I put Ruby to bed, she was insistent that I not take her pillowcase off her chair. I didn't think anything of it. The next night she mentioned it again and when I again didn't follow up, she said, well I guess you can take it off. So I did but the room was already dark so I couldn't see anything. She told me it had drawing on it. I asked her if she did it and she said, no Jill did. I went potty and when I came back she was drawing so we hid it. Which. . . that was a fast turn around on cousin loyalty. Ruby asked me, are you mad at Jill? I told her, of course not. There is absolutely nothing Jill could do that could compare with the damage you've wrought upon this house.
Maggie sends me a message on Discord when she gets home. Yesterday she sent me a message and said she was going over to her friend's, Aliyah, house. I told her fine but be home by 6. I put Ruby to bed and came out and was reading. I thought surely it's 6 by now and checked my watch. It was almost 6:30. I texted Aliyah. I sent a message to Maggie on Discord and I freaked out. I kept looking outside and I'm thinking, do I wait? Do I wake up Ruby and go look for her? Finally (AFTER 10 MINUTES!!!!), Aliyah texted me that she was with Maggie and they had lost track of time. I asked Aliyah to please tell Maggie to get home NOW. I was so mad. Ridiculous! I told her if she's ever late again, I'm grounding her from all devices. She was appropriately regretful so I didn't beat her.
Ruby didn't sleep. Again. I don't remember when it got bad but it is. It's almost every single night. And I usually give her a melatonin. Last night, as soon as I opened her door, she put her hand out to take it. I thought, too much! This is too much. So I told her I'm not coming in at night anymore. I've been quizzing her. What happens if you knock and it's the middle of the night? You'll innore me. What happens it you bang on your door and cry? You'll innore me.
She has food and water and a little potty and that's it! No more. Wish me luck.
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