And with the warm weather, sanity returned

Somehow, Rose managed to yank herself out of whatever was happening in her brain around 5 last night. Defiance is back at tolerable levels, not a threat has been issued by her, and we even made it to Easter dinner with the family today. Couple that with the lively weather, and I can almost forget the hell we went through.

We are still worried and cautious. Whatever caused 5 days of very strange behavior isn't cool, and we will all have therapy over it. I asked Rose as part of her consequence to think of the pros and cons of living here. The pro list is quite long.

All in all, I like to find some humor in even the darkest situations. Yesterday, we called the cops because Rose was on her way out the door. When they showed up, the cop looked at me, then Mike, and said to him, "sir, how many other kids do you have." 

I am not sure if he thought I was a kid or maybe a step mother since obviously  Rose came from one African American person. It still made me giggle, and reconsider my no shower, messy pulled back hair, tee shirt and hoodie look. This happened at the hospital a few years back, too,