David Journal

Tag: Laura

  • Cruising

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    Today I felt so everything as I worked on reporting for our expired OKRs and planning the new ones. I had very positive interactions surrounding those high level activities and I have found during this last quarter that I could maintain better focus on what needed to be done (although part of that improvement is…

  • Vindication

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    After years and years of Laura telling me I yell at the kids too much it is a special kind of vindication that she came up to me this evening and said “It amazes me that you don’t yell at the kids more.” Part of that is that I have learned how to yell less…

  • Recovery

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    When I got home from work the kids were in a contentious mood and Laura was done dealing with it. For example, Ezra ran away as soon as we got to the library. We grabbed dinner on the way home and then I took over. I made the kids sit still and pay attention as…

  • Recovered

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    I worked from home today so that I would be able to rest my foot. I iced it a couple of times and soon found that it didn’t hurt much and I was able to use it more. In the afternoon I had to go chase Coconut in the street and was happy to find…

  • Mystery injury

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    My whole day had been colored by the pain of my ankle. I have no indication of how I might have hurt it but it is slightly swollen and I can hardly walk on it. Thankfully I could sit for much of the day for conference and I loved many of the talk I heard.…

  • Riding again

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    Apparently the kids went riding again today (no surprise there) but made Highland Glen Park their destination – three times. The last time I went with them after I got home from work and Noah somehow fell in the creek. He’s not sure how he fell, I just heard Isaac call to me about it…

  • Goodbye Marinette

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    Tonight I held Marinette as she passed away. She has been struggling for weeks. We thought she was getting better but Mariah saw that she was laying down and alerted me that she was unlikely to survive the night. I held her for over half an hour as she struggled to breath and finally she…

  • Big changes

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    After three days at me staying home at least part of the time, I got back to a regular schedule today and Laura took over the new normal schedule of getting the kids out the door including driving Enoch to school. At work there were big changes too as first thing in the morning I…

  • Working Laura

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    This isn’t the first time I’ve thought this – in fact I’ve probably work if before, but Laura would benefit from having a job. At present her value to the family is limited to whatever degree she keeps me from having to find and pay a nanny to watch the kids while I’m at work.…

  • Shifting views on bringing Enoch home

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    Over the course of this weekend we have seen Enoch attack Ezra multiple times (3 times Friday and once Saturday). It got to the point that we considered sending Enoch back to the Warden’s on Friday night but we choose to keep him with us. Obviously we got more vigilant in monitoring Enoch around Ezra…