David Journal

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  • The filled with purpose

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    I got a new task at work today. Steve asked me to be the primary support for FlowCal and become Jeannie Yerkavich’s go-to support resource. I think that will prove to be a good thing for me. Tonight it became clear to me how important it is for Laura to have direction in how she…

  • Getting the lasting support

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    We got Laura’s car back from the shop today but have to hope that it is really fixed. They didn’t replace the solenoid because they could only get it as part of a larger $900 part which didn’t seem worth it unless it was really consistently dead (which it hasn’t been yet). After a long…

  • Last snowfall (I hope)

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    I woke up this morning to a driveway with 4 inches of snow again. Thankfully it had fallen late enough in the evening that the were no footprints or tire tracks to try shoveling up. That meant that everything came up clean and the driveway was actually clear when I finished rather than just much…

  • Stretched thin

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    I have no reserves to deal gracefully when kids (Isaac, Enoch, Alyssa primarily) push too hard against my directions or rules. Even without those kinds of hiccups I rush from one thing to the next. After sacrament meeting I went to the special teachers class but had to leave early in time to get to…

  • End of extracurricular

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    We started off the day with a nice breakfast to celebrate Emma’s forth birthday. Laura even came over to say with us. With their last performance of the school musical this morning, Isaac and Mariah no longer have extra demands on their time and the family had one less thing to plan around. I made…

  • Getting sloppy

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    I spent all day running to various stores while juggling all the schedules. Eventually Laura and I went to see Tim Timmerman, Hope of America. We went in hopeful but we stained by a couple of unnecessary and inappropriate elements of the movie. While we were there one of the little kids managed to escape…

  • The new normal

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    Today was a pretty normal day for us this year. Everyday seems to be on an upward trend. Laura’s cornea is almost healed (although the eye is still a bit tender/sensitive. Mariah and Isaac had their second performance today and Alyssa and I got to go see it. We finally got the problem in the…

  • Back on track

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    So when Laura finally got to the eye doctor (who was in the office today when she came even though normally he doesn’t work on Wednesday – small miracle) she learned that she had torn off her cornea (out at least 25% of it). They put ointment on it to prevent infection and a special…

  • Hangover

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    The lousiness from yesterday carried over to today. I woke up late because of deleted all my alarms because he wanted to set an alarm for himself. I kept my head and taught him how the alarms work – hopefully there won’t be a repeat performance. The house was a wreck this morning too. Later…

  • Off track

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    The entire evening today was out of whack. Stephanie asked to meet with Laura and I to get some answers to questions. That took the first hour after I got home. I spent the next couple of hours dealing with an angry Ezra. Then, instead of doing dinner I shoveled the driveway from the 4…