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Month: April 2020

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Stuff that is working for us

Posted on April 30, 2020 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

Thank you for abiding with me as I worked out some hard stuff last week and this week. I appreciate your presence, and support. I thought today I could post som...

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Trumpian Mindset

Posted on April 29, 2020 by noemikjames / 22 Comments

I’ve been informed a couple of times that my recent posts or comments are “Trumpian” or “Trump-aligned.” These critiques are in re...

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Compounding Factors

Posted on April 27, 2020 by noemikjames / 10 Comments

I didn’t mention in either of my last two (super downer) posts: one of the things that significantly affects my mood (negatively) right now, is related to...

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Like a glove

Posted on April 26, 2020 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

I thought a lot yesterday about why I’m struggling so much with this situation, when so many other people seem more able to grin and bear it. As an extrovert wh...

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Six weeks

Posted on April 25, 2020 by noemikjames / 6 Comments

Today marks six weeks since the shelter-in-place order took effect here in San Francisco. The first one was set to end on April 6th. It was almost immediately e...

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Thursdays

Posted on April 24, 2020 by noemikjames / 3 Comments

I’m learning that now, in the upside down, I hate Thursdays. Thursday seems to be the day I crash and burn and everything feels like too much and I wonder...

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El trato

Posted on April 22, 2020 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

I’ve been sleeping downstairs for about a week now. I like it. I certainly don’t miss making up the couch bed every night and putting it away every ...

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Better

Posted on April 20, 2020 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

Thank you for the kind and encouraging words after my last post. Thursday and Friday were really hard days for me. Thankfully, I’m feeling better after th...

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Ups and (way) downs

Posted on April 18, 2020 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

Wednesday was a great day. I went to work in the morning to grab some stuff I needed. Driving to work always lifts my spirits, maybe because it’s a famili...

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Says it all

Posted on April 17, 2020 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

I’ve been drowning this week and I feel like I barely have time to come up for air. This set of texts I sent my friend late last night sums it up pretty well. S...

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