......... Allira ......... “Where are we going?” Demi asks after I ask her to come with me to the help desk, and I tell her. She asks why we are going there, and I tell her I’ve been called there. “You look tired,” “I am." We moved to our new home last night, and even though Mom told me to go to bed, I couldn’t. I helped her unpack and arrange things the way she wanted. It wasn’t fair to leave everything up to her to do on her own when she also had to go to work today. She’s starting the late shift, which means she will knock off at 10 p.m. I told her to get some sleep during the day, adding I would come back and finish up, but I know she won’t. Demi and I are doing our own housewarming thing on Saturday. Mom’s going to be at work, so we decided to throw a party for two. Demi will

