Yesterday was still a rather down day.  Not bad, just down.  Even though it was a down day, it was still pleasant in its own way.   I have to admit, though, I was cranky for some reason for most of the day.  Maybe it was because I was more tired than usual, or it could have been just one of those days where I am cranky for really no good reason.  I did manage, for the most part, to keep my crankiness to myself.  At one point I had asked Anna to do something and I realized my voice came out sounding much more harsh than I had intended.  Before she had a chance to take two steps, I apologized to her.  I told her that I suddenly realized that the tone of voice sounded not nice and I wanted to apologize to her for sounding that way to her.  She accepted the apology.  Again yesterday, she spent loads of time with me.  I think she is starting to see I am working really hard to improve things with her. I have found the best way that works with her is to just be upfront.  For example, apologizing to her about my tone of voice before it had time to upset her.  Or telling her upfront if I am having a bad day.  She is a sweet heart of a child and it is nice to see things improving between me and her.  She has also become much more cooperative.  

It looks like today is going to be typical fall day.  The wind is blowing in gusts and it is fairly chilly.  The leaves on the trees are so pretty this year.  Much prettier than they have been for the last several years.  The drought we had been having for the last few years really affected the leaf color and caused the leaves to fall off the trees early.  This year since we have had so much rain, the leaf colors are so much brighter and the leaves are staying on the trees much longer.  

Tonight is a very exciting night for Anna.  There is some ghost hunter show she likes to watch on the travel channel.  Starting this evening, it will be filmed live for like seven hours.  She has made plans to watch every single hour of it and to participate in the internet part of the show.  She has enlisted me to watch it with her.