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[the_rck]

We made it up to Scott's sister's place last night. Scott drove us to a McDonald's in, I think, South Lyon. We had dinner there, and Scott's sister drove down to meet us. On the trip to her house, everybody but me played a sort of Apples to Apples where one person thinks of an adjective and then everybody else has to come up with a noun that matches it. I didn't think it was much fun-- There wasn't any of the silliness that comes with the normal game.

Once we got here, we played a story telling game that Cordelia got for Christmas. I forget what it's called, but it's basically a stack of cards. People take turns drawing a card and using it to tell a bit of a story. Ours was pretty silly. After that, Cordelia, her cousin and her aunt played a couple of other games, including Life. That wrapped up about eleven, and then we all got ready for bed.

Cordelia was pretty worried about her ability to sleep. She said she was afraid she'd wake everybody up if she came looking for me for hugs. She slept in her cousin's room. I slept in the living room. She seems to have slept fine. She didn't come out looking for me at all.

I slept poorly, as I expected. The futon was too hard. The extra pillows I brought weren't soft enough to make much difference, and my back was at a funny angle because I was lying on top of the pillows. I did, however, have enough blankets to be warm. I was concerned about that because I know they keep the house quite cold at night.

Right now, my sister-in-law is out at an accupuncture appointment. Our niece and nephew are still asleep. Cordelia is doing facetime with one of her school friends. It's fortunate that she can do that. I think she'd be pretty bored otherwise. She got up about seven.

I stayed under the covers until fairly late. I didn't want to brave the chill. I did finally get up. I've folded most of my bedding. I heated water for my coffee. It took longer than I expected because the first burner I tried for the kettle turned out to be broken. It didn't heat at all.

The plan for the rest of the day is lunch out, followed by shopping of some sort. Cordelia and I have some preferences for lunch, but we're both willing to go wherever for shopping. There isn't anything we really need, so we'll just be looking randomly.

This evening, Scott will come up here for dinner. His parents are supposed to come down from their place, too. We'll all eat together. It'll probably be the last time we see Scott's parents before they go on their cruise. We're all worried about how Scott's father will do on the cruise. He doesn't want to alter any of their plans in the face of his health problems, but he probably won't have a choice.

Comments

[retsuko]

I'm sorry it was so uncomfortable for you, but I'm really glad that Cordelia apparently didn't need reassurance during the night. I hope this is the first step for her to spend the night away from you and Scott. :)

[the_rck]

I've got my fingers crossed that this helps. Cordelia is really much better at getting through the night than she thinks she is. She always worries about it, even at home, but she rarely needs anything during the night.

We'll have to look for opportunities to do this again. The idea is to repeat it until there's very little anxiety involved. Then we can try something harder.

[evalerie.livejournal.com]

Coolness!!!! Cordelia did it!!!!!

Best wishes to Scott's dad. This cruise is worrying.

[the_rck]

I'm really pleased. Cordelia, of course, wants to know how we're going to reward her.

I'm worried about the cruise. It starts, I think, in Tahiti. I don't know how much of it will be near good hospitals.

[evalerie.livejournal.com]

I wonder if the ship itself has medical facilities. I don't know much about cruises, but I think that some ships do.

(Weird -- my brain wants to auto-correct "Tahiti" to "Tahini." Evidently I do more cooking than travel.) :)

I am never sure what to say to a kid who is asking for a reward, especially when they really did do something worthwhile, like Cordelia managing to do a sleepover despite her fears. I'm happier about rewards when I plan them with the kids ahead of time, before they do the rewardable thing, but sometimes I don't think to set that up ahead of time, and then when they ask for a reward, it brings up lots of mixed feelings in me. I haven't found a good answer to that yet. :-P I'd be curious to hear what you decide about Cordelia's request.

[the_rck]

The ship does have medical facilities. It just doesn't have facilities if Scott's father needs heart surgery urgently.

I'm really not sure what to say to Cordelia. It's a big deal, but I'd rather not have to bribe her to take steps toward conquering her fears. Then again, Scott has promised her a big reward-- a cell phone-- if she spends the night somewhere without either of us along. I can see where she gets the idea of receiving rewards. Maybe we'll give her a book of her choice or something like that.

[ramenkuri.livejournal.com]

Yay, success!

I hope Scott's father takes it easy during the cruise.

[the_rck]

I'm very pleased by the success. Now we have to look for a way to replicate it.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed about the cruise. It's a cruise in the Pacific islands, so they will probably be a long way away from the medical care Scott's father might need.