David Journal

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  • Mutual support

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    Bill and I were catching up this afternoon and he told me he’s looking for a therapist he can see regularly (as I have been encouraging for months) but as we talked through things we agreed to make a point to talk together twice a week for as long as he hasn’t found an actual…

  • Choir concert

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    Late tonight because we went to the Tabernacle Choir concert tonight. It was refreshing, and I learned a new appreciation for Victor Hugo. I hadn’t realized how much he spent his life trying to care for needy children around him.

  • Straining at the bit

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    I don’t know what to say about today. Alex called twice today. The first time he really wanted me to give him a timeline of when he would be finished at Newport. I told him that I didn’t know and that even when I do finally know something we have been instructed not to talk…

  • The weight of sin

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    I got word that Ezra was shopping on his media device (an old phone). Considering that he shouldn’t have had access to do that I went to investigate. Unfortunately what I found was that he had found a backdoor to Google (through the camera no less) and has been using it to search for porn…

  • Savannah’s in laws (to be)

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    Today Laura and I went up to Layton to look at wedding decorations and scope out the ballroom where the reception will be held. When we went out to the ballroom we also got to meet Aaron’s parents. I had met Matt (his dad) on Saturday but this was the first time meeting Julie (his…

  • Low key day

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    Everyone skipped church today except Laura and I. In the evening we went to the Gibbons adult Christmas party. It was nice and relaxed. Everyone seemed to have a good time. Our white elephant gifts were well received—both going to David and Becca—and we got some gifts that the kids will really enjoy (mini waffle…

  • Full relaxing Saturday

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    Today started early with a temple session and continued with a trip to bountiful to help Savannah and Aaron load things from Mom’s house but then I had a fairly relaxing middle of the day before Laura and I went to a play (A Christmas Story) with Andy, Marsha, and Emily. I think I found…

  • Settling

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    I managed to make some progress this morning. Last night Laura informed me that Enoch had (again) concluded that our deal was broken because of me telling him on Wednesday what the consequence would be if he came home from school again. This morning I talked to him about it and invited him to suggest…

  • Piling on

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    As if I wasn’t already busy, I started today with a headache. Instead of going to work like normal I took a nap to get over the headache before going to the library to return a DVD Alex had and to the post office to mail things to Alex. Then I tried to help Mickey…

  • Not a fresh start (but a fresh phone)

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    Any hope that yesterday was a fresh start for Enoch was dashed quickly today when he failed to get on the bus and instead came home as soon as I left for work. I ended up coming home once I saw Laura’s message and took him back to school while informing him that he was…