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Month: August 2023

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Long days

Posted on August 30, 2023 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

Yesterday I was at work for 13 hours (Back to School Night). This morning I was back less than 12 hours after I left. We had a long meeting after school learnin...

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Whack and mid

Posted on August 28, 2023 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

Right now my 13-year-old daughter is having a melodramatic meltdown about, well, everything, and “that’s whack and mid” is being uttered a lot...

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Sitting pretty in the shallow end or drowning deep in the Mariana Trench?

Posted on August 24, 2023 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

Lately my husband and I have been asking each other to rank how underwater we’re feeling. 1 is sitting pretty in the shallow end and 10 is drowning deep i...

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20th year teaching

Posted on August 22, 2023 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

Thanks for all the feedback on my last post. I do think people feel the hosting expectations of boom club have ramped up considerably and want to tame them agai...

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Feelings of Inadequacy

Posted on August 21, 2023 by noemikjames / 12 Comments

I hosted book club on Saturday night for the first time. I am new to the book club and have only gone once, but no one else could host this month and I figured ...

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Last Day of Summer Break

Posted on August 15, 2023 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

Both kids had their well visits this morning. They are both very tall, and they are even catching up in the weight department. The flu vaccine wasn’t ready yet ...

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An ode to early morning runs

Posted on August 14, 2023 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

I don’t generally run in the early mornings, and never before work. But today my son and I were up at 6:20am at my parents’ house and I knew it would be too hot...

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Musings on memory and reflection and the stories we tell

Posted on August 10, 2023 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

I’m struggling to stay focused this week. I’m struggling to get things done. At home, at work, even on this blog. I am managing to spend way too muc...

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Unpacking

Posted on August 7, 2023 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

After a weekend of doing pretty much nothing (except watching Guardians 3 as a family), the kids started camp for their last full week of summer. I cannot belie...

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The final piece of summer fun Tetris

Posted on August 3, 2023 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

I cannot think of what to title this post. I guess I’ll see what I end up writing. It’s Thursday. We got home from Hawaii late Monday night (really it was very ...

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