April Fool's Day

Not exactly an unpleasant one. I remember last year Cynthia actually pranked me by suspending a bucket of water on top of the door. Haha, I actually ended up getting hit in the face with the bucket because I had looked up the moment it began to fall, and a giant bruise formed on my cheek. Cynthia started crying because she thought she had seriously harmed me and called 911 before I could stop her. It was probably the funniest April Fool's Day I ever had.

This year...well, I think Tony saw how upset I was. We stopped to steal- well, we stopped and he stole- some food and took it to a park to eat. I had laid my jacket on the ground because the day wasn't that cool and gone to throw away our trash. We had agreed to try and spend the day relaxing due to the stress that had been slowly building up over the past few days. When I came back and sat down, Tony had, god, he had put a whoopee cushion under my jacket. It was extremely embarrassing and the dolt started hysterically laughing at the face I made, drawing even more attention. I have to admit though, while he did act like a five year old, he cheered me up.

I'm in better spirits because Kay is alright, as is Ava. They've both been through so much, but I feel relieved that they're alive. I've come to the conclusion that while I'm worried for all of you because I see you all as family, I have certain people who I need to be okay for me to be okay.

For instance, Tony. He locked me in the bathroom of the hotel for a several hours while he went to meet our daughter for lunch. I was so angry I wanted to slap him when he finally came back and opened the door, and the fact that he had new injuries made the situation worse. But I don't know what I would do if he were to...die.

Anyway, things have been tense so the joke, while humiliating and stupid, made the day brighter. I do think though that Tony is seeing things that I don't. I know for some reason he can read Cynthia's posts now. I still can't. Why this is, he won't tell me. But I can see him hiding something. I'm going to try and find out, but I think it has something to do with us going back to his parents house. I called them the other day and they said it was fine. It was odd...they aren't shocked by the fact that Tony and I are traveling around together. I'm suspicious, but it's the only lead I can think of right now as to where we can start with finding Cynthia.

I'll try and update as soon as we reach their house.

Take care of yourselves.

-Cathy