Thursday, October 11, 2012

Deep inside

Something happened at school today. Alex came home, kicked off her shoes, went into her room and closed the door without talking to anybody. She did not eat dinner. She will not talk to anybody. She has not taken a shower. She is laying in bed, deep under the covers with just some hair sticking out.

It's always really upsetting when Alex is in a bad mood, because it's so startling and different from how she normally is. It's also kind of scary for her to not talk, because she also didn't talk in the fall of 2001. For a long, long time.

I have a feeling Al's not going to school tomorrow. She is freaking me out so much that I want to stay home with her, but I have a test and a meeting with a professor. Maybe after that. With somebody else you'd just be like "suck it up" but she is just never like this.  Josh suggested that Alex is PMSing. He's still alive.

After I crawled into bed, Josh got up to make sure the lights and oven were off, front door was locked. When he came back he told me Danielle was not in her bed. I guess she's taking this seriously too because Josh found Dani smushed in with Alex in her bed. This made me happy because I'd wanted to go sleep with Alex but felt like I couldn't, so I'm glad at least Dani is. Also it is kind of touching that Josh checks my sisters before he goes to bed for the night. 

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

You guys are a really amazing family - -including Josh. I do think that you girls have had a very tough life. Please consider having Alex speak to a therapist or someone to work out her issues. Shutting down is not a way to handle things. She needs help.

Anonymous said...

12You and Josh seem so wonderful together. He'll make a fab dad.

Anonymous said...

Really 9:15? Therapist? Don't you think that's kind of pre-mature when it's been less than 24 hours? Let's not be alarmists.

Nina said...

It's beautiful to see how deeply you feel for each other. I hope Alex is okay...

Kizz said...

I hope she tells you what's going on but I like Dani's initial plan of action.