David Journal

Tag: summer

  • Closure

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    Last night I dreamed about Coconut twice. In one dream she looked a bit unkempt but was obviously healthy. In the other she looked as good as ever. When I woke I felt that those dreams were my opportunity to say goodbye to her. I really don’t think I’ll see her again now that she…

  • Refining expectations

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    I have been disappointed over the last couple of days with how fractious and fairgrounds many of the kids have been. I knew that we were in the middle of a stressful as didn’t adjustment with moving Laura back in but their behavior was worse than expected. The three boys were sticks throughout church today…

  • Working vacation

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    I get my second 5-day weekend of the last 3 weeks. I have a lady list of things to do which I started on this evening. We are moving rooms, hoping that the house will be ready for Laura to return tomorrow, starting Laura’s organizing business, revamping my resume to be optimized for software architecture,…

  • Summer goals

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    I made sure Britni knew about the girls’ assignment to sirens individual time with the younger kids at dinner I asked who had spent time with whom. I find that each of the offer girls spent individual time with one sibling and invited others without success. I encouraged them to be persistent about it. When…

  • End clean

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    One of the sure, daily business for summer is “start clean, end clean.” Yesterday was chaotic – especially the ending – so we didn’t really end clean (or start clean for that matter). If Saturday doesn’t end clean we won’t start clean on Sunday. Despite having EDI issues on one of the production QPEC servers…

  • Summer begins

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    Our first day of summer was eventful. We got Alyssa down to Ellie’s house and then spent the day cleaning rooms and moving beds. I hoped to move all the beds but at 8 I got called in to work (I’m on call) while I was working to move Isaac’s bed – the last one…

  • Closet space

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    I finally removed the old bed foundation/closet boxes that have been filling my room and got the clothing rod installed in the new armoire so now all my clothes are hung in they piece. The rest of my room is trashed with all the stuff that had been hiding in there but I can work…

  • Summer goals

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    For the family this summer we have two goals. First, we need the older kids to build healthy relationships with each of the younger kids. That will mean spending regular, focused time with each child individually. Second, everyone needs to get in the habit of checking in with Dad for directions and following through with…