David Journal

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  • Not a holiday

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    Despite not going to work and despite the stores being closed today it was definitely not a holiday for us. Laura took the middle of the day off for a nap (as usual) and I just felt listless. Eventually I took the time to set up the new king sized bed in Noah’s room for…

  • Time for a break

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    I determined that it’s time to take a break so I’m taking Friday off to have a 4 day weekend. In the evening I got my my steps in despite the fact that my right foot had started hurting today. I suspect I’ll be icing it a lot this weekend. In the evening I also…

  • Maybe tonight

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    I managed to have a pretty steady day. I had a slow morning but between working from home and Alex starting home from school sick that slow start didn’t have a negative impact. I worried that I might get to bed later waiting up for the boys as they had a late young men’s activity tonight…

  • Small victories

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    I am trying to get back into a good schedule and rhythm. I thought I would get to bed on time tonight but then Laura and I had a late discussion about Christmas plans when Savannah shared their schedule for being here over the holiday. That was followed by Alex requesting we make a run…

  • Bass day

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    I had hoped to review a conference talk in the evening along with the rest of my ideal routine but I spent the last half hour enforcing bedtime with Ezra so now there’s no time for a conference talk if I am to get to bed on time. While I have been feeling better since…

  • Service works

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    Enoch only goes to Young Men’s activities if he feels like it but he’s been looking forward for weeks to their leaf raking activity which was tonight. Enoch said that it’s his favorite activity every year. As I thought about it I wondered if it would be possible to have a regular service activity like…

  • Feeling steady

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    After a couple of weeks of feeling overwhelmed—with the election results as well as the pain in my abdomen for days and just being tired—I have been trying to get back on a steady track. Today I’m feeling like maybe I have made it back to equilibrium.

  • Heading into the holiday season

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    I’m not quite sure what to say about today. In some ways it was pretty pedestrian but I feel the need to write anyway. I made sure to get my regular Sunday goals met such as reading in Saints—working my way through this multi volume history of the church. The one thing that stands out…

  • Back on track after a lost day

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    I realized late last night that because of my early morning I had missed both prayer and scripture study (and I realized this evening that I missed my medicine too) and things were busy enough in the evening that I didn’t have time to listen to a conference talk out work in my journal either.…

  • Craig and Meghan

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    The news for today is that Bill called to tell me that Craig and Meghan and their family were in a horrible car crash last night on their way home from somewhere. Craig and their 11 month old died at the scene, Meghan lost her pregnancy, and Craig Jr (6 years old) died this evening.…