Category: Journal
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Alex is home
At 10:10 this morning I got a call saying that Alex had tested positive for COVID and would be isolating in his room for the next 5 days. At 10:45 the family therapist called to ask that since he would just be quarantined between now and Saturday could I come pick him up today. Conveniently…
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Recovering
I can’t decide if I’m surprised by how tired I was today after yesterday or if I expected it. Either way, we got through the day. We had a good family therapy visit with Alex—it felt like a good setup toward having him come home at the end of the week.
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Savannah Christiansen
We had a wonderful wedding and reception today. Alex was able to join us and the biggest problem we faced was that my car (which Savannah and Laura were driving) overheated in Draper and I had to go pick them up and get them to the reception center, plus we had to manage the remainder…
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Planning and preparing
We have done everything we can to prepare for the wedding tomorrow. We gathered all the clothes and shoes, including laundering the white shirts. We had a final briefing tonight to review who is going in which cars and at what times. Some people thought that was redundant but there should be no confusion. Similarly…
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Goodbye 2023
The last part of this year has been warp speed with Alex in Newport and Savannah’s wedding preparations. We have relaxed the pressure on Mickey because if so that but as soon as the wedding is over that will need to change. Laura and I will be working to change the family culture and that…
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A solid victory
Alex called late tonight for the first time in a week. We talked for a long time (40 minutes despite the fact that he has a 10-minute limit). At the end when saying goodbye I made sure to say “I love you” (because he needs to hear that consistently) and he said “bye.” I thought…
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Final preparations
As of this morning there were still a couple of details to wrap up in preparation for the wedding. We had a package that needed to arrive from Amazon with items for the hot chocolate bar and film for the camera that will be with the guest book. On top of that Savannah needed to…
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Scholarship week
I got word this morning that issuance denied the appeal for Alex and that his stay beyond 12/23 was not covered. In other words, by the time they tell me I’m responsible for that time they already have 10k on my tab. We’ll need to work something out since I was not warned but after…
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A great piece of news
While we still don’t have a final answer on insurance approving more time for Alex we did talk to the family therapist today about Alex coming for the wedding. Alex has been asking about it and they wanted to check if it would work for us to pick him up and drop him off that…
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Wedding planning
The big task today was meeting with Aaron and his parents to go over the wedding day plan/schedule and make sure nothing was being overlooked. It was a good meeting where multiple people noticed details that would need to be addressed and everyone was ready to step up and address anything that they could. I…