Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Tommy is spending more and more time sleeping up by my head.  She still usually starts out under the bed, but now comes up onto the bed before 2:00 A.M. She usually cries out to let me know that she wants to come up and waits for me to tell her to jump up.  I’m hoping that soon, she’ll just either start up on the bed or just jump up on her own when she’s ready.

She’s also getting better at figuring out what’s happening and what she needs to do.  When I get up from bed she still has trouble figuring out when it’s time to get up and go to the living room.  Whenever I get up from bed even if it’s dark, Tommy will usually move toward the door. She has learned that if my glasses are on, we’re probably going to the living room.

At night when I turn off the television and lights in the living room, we’re going to bed. Tommy will usually move toward the bedroom door now, if she isn’t too tired and wait to see if I’m also moving into the bedroom. If she’s not ready to go to bed, she may be quite vocal, but she still goes into the bedroom.

After completing our morning tasks I needed to leave around noon to go up to camp and shadow a group leader who was doing the same activity I’d be leading on Thursday. I also needed to stop at the school where I taught to pick up materials, and I wanted to visit some of my colleagues.

By the time I returned I only had time to eat, have a quick pet and play session with Tommy and get ready for choir.  I needed to go over the songs on the keyboard and so I went into the study. I knew that Tommy didn’t like my singing, but she came into the study. As she sat beneath the keyboard, it suddenly stopped working. The plug had been “nudged” out far enough to turn it off.  My little critic tried to put an end to my singing.

After a laugh, we moved to the bedroom so I could say goodbye and leave for choir. When I returned we watched the news, played a little, and headed for bed.  After I got ready and got into bed, Tommy jumped up and ate her treat. She usually leaves it for later, so this was a surprise.

Of course, she then jumped down and played for a while before heading under the bed. We had a typical day without either of us upsetting the other being.  After three months I saw that we’re getting better at understanding each other and are getting closer.