David Journal

Tag: Laura

  • So much to do

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    Today was a “go all day” day. Laura and I split soccer games, I went shopping twice (because of a game), cleaned out the garage, and started converting some closet walls (the mobile wall/shelf things I made for the girls when we put them in the basement) into bunny hutches. Similarly, Laura got our room…

  • The operating principle of this household

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    Today was another case where I keenly felt the operating principle for how our house runs. To put it briefly, other people (Laura, the kids, extended family, DCFS, the schools) complain that things aren’t right here then the complainers stand back and request me to expend more time/money/energy to make the situation better. It’s no…

  • New beginning

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    I did my first day at Willis Towers Watson. Apparently my first week will be largely in the southern part of the county. I plan to clarify soon that I was hired for the Salt Lake office. Considering that the bill of the work is done remotely as teams are geographically separated it shouldn’t matter…

  • Interview two (3)

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    Today I interviewed with another product owner manager as well as the product owner who I would share responsibility with if I get the job at Willis Towers Watson and leaders of the software development and information technology departments. Because they are looking for someone to take ownership over the IT support group and because…

  • Rock and a hard place

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    Laura came and took all the kids’ phones two days ago. She declared that they wouldn’t give them back until we had a plan working for a week to keep the house running and rooms cleaned. She even his the phones from me (although Savannah’s alarm within a couple of hours told me where they…

  • Spinning wheels

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    I try not to interfere with Laura’s endless dead end projects since trying to dissuade her only leads to discord and chaos. That being said, it is still frustrating to watch her spend countless hours and measurable funds on talks which she imagines will bear some great fruit but which will do little more than…

  • Cleaning up

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    We managed to get things cleaned up for the start of the week. I mowed the lawn, the kids folded the laundry, finished the dishes, and (bribed by a dinner at Pizza Pie Cafe) cleaned the whole house. I also put enough encouragement on Laura that she was able to try on the pants for…

  • Doing too much

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    I had talked about working on Alyssa’s room today but instead I fixed the rabbit pen, laid carpet in the downstairs hallway, put up the new Roman shades that arrived today, and got all the kids to and from school at their appointed times. At the same time, Laura was going to her therapist and…

  • Cleaning up

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    I woke up today determined to make progress on some of the projects that have been waiting all summer. I started by getting the entertainment center (which has been sitting at the top of our stairs for nearly two months) out of the house. I turned it into a new low-profile bunny hutch. By then…

  • Making progress

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    I consider it progress that the boys wanted to stay at church for class and behaved through sacrament meeting to be allowed the privilege. Ezra went home with Laura partway through sharing time but Enoch and Noah stayed until shortly into our class time. When they persisted in being disruptive I took both of them…