Five on Friday: Big events coming up
The end of the school year is always crazy. It’s crazy for my kids. It’s crazy for myself as a teacher. It’s crazy for our family (our daughter’s birthday is ri...
Author: noemikjames
Mid-May Check-in
May is coming fast and furious. I’m still eyeing next Friday for things to calm down at work, but I’ve already noticed some more margins in my day t...
Thinking about how to work less
I’m at my son’s swim lesson again. It was my husband’s turn this week, but our son was home sick on Thursday and my husband stayed home with him. For this I was...
Thoughts on my knee injury (at 10 weeks)
Things I learned (or finally understood) at my knee appointment last Thursday: My knee has felt more sore lately than I feel like ever before. Maybe this is bec...
Weekend Recap
Friday Friday I took the day off. I got to see my son’s music performance (eight trumpets playing Old MacDonald); I went for a little power walk on the Gr...
Not a panacea (on re-adjusting expectations)
I had high hopes for my chiropractic appointment. My lower back has been killing me and my hips have felt very uneven. I was sure an adjustment (which I haven&#...
Taking a day off… to get work done?
I’m so underwater at work right now, that I’m realizing when I take Friday off, I’ll most likely spend much of that day… working. And I ...
And… April is over
This week I have a chiropractic appointment on Monday, an appointment with my sports’ medicine doctor on Thursday and I’m taking the day off on Frid...
DITL Photo-Every-Hour: Weekend Edition
Again, I got the idea to attempt a photo-every-hour from Engie last week. I did post it, but it wasn’t super complete. Now SHU and Coco are sharing some DITL po...
The cherry on top of the shit sundae
I have been trying REALLY hard to turn my mood around, but dumb shit keeps making that hard. On Thursday my husband told our daughter that he got Charli XCX tic...