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Month: February 2022

Life

One more day off

Posted on February 25, 2022 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

Tuesday I… took both kids to school stopped by work ran six miles had lunch with my parents did a big shop at Costco took my son and his friend to martial...

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Mid-Winter Break

Posted on February 22, 2022 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

I have the rest of this week off. My kids do not. This means it’s less like a break in some ways, and more like a break in others. The mornings, afternoon...

Connection/Marriage

A fun (and full) 24 hour date day

Posted on February 21, 2022 by noemikjames / 3 Comments

My mom picked up the kids at 4pm on Saturday and didn’t return them until 4:30pm on Sunday. After a bunch of “chilling at home on the sofa” da...

Health & Well Being

Current Head Space

Posted on February 18, 2022 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

I feel it would be disingenuous, after my previous posts, not to mention that I’m feeling a lot of ambivalence about the changing public health policies h...

Home/Marriage/Parenting & Family

Attempting an alternating week schedule

Posted on February 17, 2022 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

This is a scheduling/planning post. If scheduling/planning is not your think, feel free to skip this one. So my daughter started boxing last month. This is grea...

Life/Parenting & Family/Work/Teaching

A weird week (after a nice weekend)

Posted on February 14, 2022 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

This week is a very weird week at school. About half the 7th and 8th grade students are going to Outdoor Education, and the remaining 7th and 8th grade students...

Self-compassion/Writing

Some days I just…

Posted on February 9, 2022 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

Some days I want to come here and write and I’m not sure exactly why. What do I want to say? I have other stuff to do right now, but I opened this page in...

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Some follow ups on (probably unpopular) thoughts

Posted on February 7, 2022 by noemikjames / 6 Comments

Thanks you for the conversation last Thursday. One thing I thinks is clear, is that different people are having different experiences in different parts of the ...

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(Probably unpopular) Thoughts I’ve been thinking lately

Posted on February 3, 2022 by noemikjames / 36 Comments

I’ve been reading some articles lately and thinking, oh my god yes, finally someone is saying what I’ve been thinking. The thing is, they are saying...

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Dreams

Posted on February 1, 2022 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

I’ve been remembering my dreams a lot lately. Sometimes I will go weeks without remembering a single dream. I’m assuming I still have them during th...

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