The Obscure Halloween Costume
This year my family dressed up as characters from a somewhat obscure TV series called Gravity Falls. It was on for three seasons almost a decade ago, but it has...
Author: noemikjames
Change for change’s sake
My 7th and 8th grade art teacher is finally retiring after this year from my “other school” (the one I travel to for one period a day). She clearly ...
Light up sweater = Complete! (And awesome!)
I made the Mabel light-up sweater. I’m pretty stoked by how it came out. I couldn’t find a purple sweater when I first started looking online, so wh...
Analogous
The voter suppression that is taking place right now is really getting me down. It’s one thing for one raging imbecile (who happens to be our president) t...
Catching up
I went back to work on Wednesday, feeling almost 100% (my jaw was still sore, but I could open my mouth completely). By Wednesday afternoon I had another sore t...
Heading Home (and finally feeling better)
My throat started hurting (a lot) on Tuesday night, I saw the doctor Wednesday afternoon, and started my prescription early Thursday afternoon (taking 2 doses T...
Strep
I got hit with strep this week, and I got hit really, really hard. My throat really hurt on Tuesday night, but only on the right side. I thought maybe I had an ...
Checking Boxes
I got that letter written today, the one defending my program. I’m going to have my husband edit it before I show it to the other foreign language teacher...
Professional Self-Perception
I’m at a professional training today. I signed up, and paid for it myself. I’ll get no credit for it, and while I’m attempting to get out of a...
Professional Mindf*ck
It feels already as though I have too many balls in the air. I read recently of thinking about these balls as glass balls and bouncy balls – knowing which...