"Rocket Number 9"

Dear Diary,

Today wasn't the best day. Parts of it tried to be good, but it kept getting bad.

Mommy's having troubles lately. I don't rilly know what they are, but she's sad more the last few days, and whenever Cory or Modello shows up, they all want to go talk someplace else, then Mommy comes back alone, and usually wants to do something, go someplace, or whatever. And she doesn't want to tell me what's going on. Maybe I'm too little to understand it, it could be about grown-up stuff.

When Cory came over today, Mommy and he went to talk outside someplace. She didn't come back for like a whole hour, and when she did come home, she took a shower and changed her clothes.. but I think she was crying. I asked her is she had a good time, but I think I messed up. I just wanted to know if she was ok, but when she answered "Okay I guess" I knew that she didn't want to tell me any more.

After that, we sat on the couch and had popcorn and watched an old Hercules movie on that show with the guy and the two robots making fun of it. Mommy hadn't seen that show before, and she seemed to have a good time. I rilly liked spending time with her, just 'being', together.

All too soon though, the popcorn was cold, the movie was over, and Modello showed up. Mommy and he went to talk, and I went upstairs and hid in my pillow castle, and listened to music. I could hear them arguing a little bit, but I couldn't hear what was being said. All I know is that it was short, then Modello left, and when Mommy was done, she came right upstairs to cuddle. Mommy asked, how would I feel if Modello didn't come visit anymore. I didn't know what to say, but I don't care as long as Mommy stays with me, and I get to stay with her.

I tried to tell her that.. but I was scared, and mostly all I could do was just to hug her tighter. Then she got sleepy, so I kissed her goodnight and she went to bed before me!