This Week with Mira

This week was a busy one for everyone, but most of all for Sarah. On Tuesday, I had to leave for Boston and didn't return until Friday evening, which left Sarah to hold down the fort for 4 solid days. Since the kids didn't have school on Friday (teacher work day) it made the stretch toward the work week finish line even more of a challenge. Mira was very up and down for the entire week - some days she was in decent spirits, but her shifting moods have been difficult to predict, and to try and redirect. For instance today, we had one of those days where nothing would satisfy Mira's fussiness for more than a a  few minutes, unless of course, you were walking. Thus, we took several walks today, all in the afternoon, when she was at her lowest. We ran some errands this morning which she tolerated for awhile, but soon expressed her lack of interest by squirming in her chair, while getting increasingly upset. She couldn't stand not being in constant state of motion. On our walks, she would only get irritable whenever we stopped. We went down to the village (our local shopping area a few blocks away) and with each stop, in each store, she raised the cranky bar one more notch, until we were back on the sidewalk. She ultimately settled down after dinner, but at the end of it, this Saturday was just 'one of those days' for her.