Category: Journal
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Home again
We had a smooth exit from the cabin with people pitching in to leave the place clean and get all our stuff into the car. We then went to Rock Reef Cafe for breakfast after how much we liked it for lunch yesterday. Breakfast didn’t disappoint and then we had a smooth drive home so…
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Another good day
We did only a fraction of what I had planned but we had a really good day. We hiked Capitol Gorge and saw the Pioneer Register there. There were no pies available by the time we tried to get one but we got lunch at Rock Reef Cafe. After that we stopped on the side…
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Not without hiccups
No matter how much planning we did we weren’t able to leave for our vacation without hiccups. Coup got out of the house and wouldn’t come back. That delayed us by an hour and then we finally left without getting him back in. We left food and water in the back porch for him and…
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A nice day
Today was a day where things just fell into place. I had a good day at work and we got all the things done that we needed to in preparation for our trip tomorrow. On top of that we got to take the family to a movie and we both enjoyed the movie and had…
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Making a change
I’m going to try making a change. The first thing I did was delete some saved Minecraft works and then to remove Minecraft from my games folder so that it’s not so easy to default to it. I’m hoping to cull my media use and use my time better again.
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Not Easter
As I find to the end of Easter today I realize that it hasn’t felt like Easter or anything special. It’s the exact opposite of what I had wanted after that year when I decided that I wanted to make Easter a significant holiday for our family. Of course right now I just didn’t feel…
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A good day together
Savannah and Aaron were here today and it was good to have them around. We got to play games as a family and Laura and I took the two of them to lunch and talked about trailblazing the family transition from everyone living under one roof to people living their own separate lives while still…
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Deadline passed
I needed to have a database schema ready for presentation this morning and it has been a struggle to have time to work on it with all the other does I’ve been battling at work but I felt good about the meeting today and had things clear enough to present to the clients while coming…
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An effective day
I had a lot on my plate today that all needed to get done now. By the end of the day I had accomplished what I needed to. Mickey had her first day at DI sabe came away having been assigned to the job she wanted (sorting and organizing) plus there are benefits like a…
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Half a step taken
I managed to at least attempt to contact my ministering companion to try setting up visits. I will undoubtedly need to follow up and push this through but that first half step is still more than I have done in months.