Current mood:	curious
Current music:	Ramon getting homework help from Isaac
Entry tags:	dusk, mother, penny

I've decided that it's more exhausting to take care of a 76 year old woman than it is to take care of four kids, even if one of those kids is Mikel. He at least wasn't demanding and insistent on everything being a certain way. After I'm done with her, I feel like I've gone ten rounds with Muhammed Ali.

Alyce is with her now, and will be with her at least until she goes to sleep. At least she doesn't have as difficult a time as most of us, although a large part of me wishes she would. After all, she got us into this mess.

On the bright side, which came for only a short span of time, she was quite reserved for hours the day that Dusk took a shift watching her. We showed up to find her seated in her recliner watching news programs, and she hardly said a word through the day, not raising her voice once until an hour or so after dark.

She obviously won't tell us anything about it, and Dusk won't answer when anyone asks him what happened. He looked rather victorious when he left that day, but still would say nothing, which is no surprise. Although I suppose he might have said something to Jumanji about it since they're good friends. I might have to ask Jumanji. He's not nearly as good at staying quiet about things. I want to know what Dusk did. Perhaps we can copy it and get the same results. I doubt it, but it's worth knowing anyway.

Penny refuses to go back to that house. This is very unusual behavior for her, but it really doesn't surprise me too much. She's very empathetic, and she felt very bad for Bullshit. I'm sure she'll go back eventually, but apparently she doesn't lose anger all that easily. It's good she doesn't feel it very often, then. It at least doesn't affect much beyond her desire to be around my mother. She's perfectly fine other times, so long as the woman isn't brought up in the conversation.

Speaking of Penny, she's been wanting to go shopping for a few things for the kitchen, so I'm going to go take her to the store. She does love buying new things to use in the kitchen, and refusing her is next to impossible, especially since she asks for so little.