Tag: Savannah
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Looking at changes
As we continue to struggle for stability in our family we are constantly looking at potential changes, big and small, which might achieve our goal. Currently we are working with Mom to bring more appreciation and training so that the kids develop more consistent habits of doing the little things to keep the home up.…
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End of fall soccer
Today amidst all the work of clearing Alyssa’s room and moving the bunny cages outside again to enjoy whatever is left of fall weather (and with Savannah at a ballroom thing in Idaho) we played our last three soccer games if the season. Ezra scored his first goal of the season and Noah played well…
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New beginning
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…
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Rock and a hard place
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…
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Tough questions
Laura and I had the task of asking Mariah if she had taken money from a friend. Money had gone missing the day that her friend had shown it to her and Tamra Adamson had the uncomfortable task of telling Laura about it. We are hoping that they find the money because we don’t believe…
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Peter Pan parts
The kids auditions for Peter pan went very well according to Laura. She was obviously right because the casting apparently too less than an hour and Alyssa got the party of Smee alongside Isaac as Captain Hook. Laura had told me that they had read together for those two parts (with both of them trying…
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Doing too much
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…
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Broken things
We have plenty in our life that is obviously broken (broken walls, dysfunctional Laura, destructive relationships between various kids, etc.) but I am becoming aware of others truly broken things that are dragging us down and it’s time we got some help. I’ve learned in the last couple of weeks that Savannah feels so marginalized…
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Digital interview
Today I was surprised to find an email indicating that I had been invited to interview for a job I had applied for with Willis Towers Watson. Having a nibble is another baby step on the path of making a career move. Interestingly this was for a “digital interview” which turns out to be a…