Tag: Laura
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Making plans
Last night Laura went walking with Kenzie Airmet. By midnight, when she didn’t call or let me know that she was home I decided to go see if she was home yet. I got there just as she texted to apologize for leaving her phone behind. We talked for a minute and she was very…
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Two insights
Laura and I both felt good about or interview with Britni today. Hopefully she accepts the job that we offered. She said she’d let us know soon. I had two insights today. First, Laura and I can successfully work together in raising the kids off she allows me to set and enforce the needed structure…
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Salvaged anniversary
Today was stressed with the closing buffer before we have no nanny as we desperately search for a new nanny. Being our anniversary I wanted to spend time with Laura but being on call this week I knew that would be limited. The way the evening played out was nearly tragic. I got a new…
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Still in need
I can’t say that we had a nanny or a boatload of money fall in our laps but at least there was some activity towards interviewing a nanny. I feel like Laura will be more open than I had expected to some alternatives to paying strangers 8 hours a day all summer. I also feel…
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I’m done playing
No more Mister Passive for me. I can’t be timid in my requests anymore. I prayed tonight for the money, the nanny, and the support from Laura, Savannah, Alyssa, Mariah, and Isaac that I need. I can no longer pretend that anything is okay or that any of them are performing up to a reasonable…
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Ready but not prepared
Laura is ready to be done living away but we still need to get a few things in order before a reunification is likely to be really successful. She’s sleeping at her house tonight but wishes she was here. I’ve determined to get our room cleaned up and the king sized bed available for when…
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Overnight visit
Laura had a rough day today. She can to visit this morning and made the mistake of focusing her thoughts on finding a nanny then compounded that by calling Katie Harmer. I didn’t help when I talked about issues with Isaac and Alyssa – issues where I feel hopeful but she ends up feeling hopeless.…
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Interviewing
Laura has begun arranging interviews with nannies who could potentially replace Stephanie. The first one is tomorrow. I took the kids out to Pizza Pie Cafe for dinner then after taking Alyssa to see Dr. Empey I took her to Nielsen’s Frozen Custard as I had promised to do weeks ago when she got her…
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Getting organized
I don’t know if I mentioned it here previously but last week I concluded that Laura would do well to sell her services helping people organize and declutter their homes or offices. I told her as much but until today she didn’t really look into it. Today she looked into it after having ruled out…
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Measured progress
Today was a good indicator of forward progress and lessons learned. Laura spent time with kids during primary and later in the evening. For all the time she spent, she didn’t push herself and others too hard, even when there was some tension at times