I got home tonight and walked in and had a happy attitude and said "Hey Mom! How ya doing?! How was your day?" I didn't over do the greeting but I did have an up-beat sound to myself. All I got was "Fine.." I can tell she is bothered by something. I'm still wondering if this is the start of her getting pissed off because I'm doing everything she wanted me to do in the first place. My coach warned me of this so I'm not letting it bother me at all.
I got home and we carved pumpkins. Then she actually sat out in the front room with us and watched a movie for a while. I was impressed. Usually she would be on the game all the time. So I guess I have to chalk this up to progress.
The one thing that I wonder about and that I need to pay attention to is the fact that this guy she is spending so much time with works on some oil refinery or something and works one week off, 2 weeks on or something. So if she stays off the game for about a week and then hits it hard again after he comes home I'll know what is going on. I'll make a note of this on my calendar just for my reference. If this guy is gone now maybe she is depressed because of that. Either way it is good that she is out with the family. I hope I see more of this in the future.
Overall though, I think I'm doing a good job with everything so far and it feels like I'm making baby steps of progress.
