Day 2 of the Purge: My mom is amazing
My mom came today and cleaned my house from 9am to 5pm without stopping once. She didn’t even eat lunch. She deep cleaned the back room (our dining room) ...
Author: noemikjames
Day 1 of The Purge
I keep seeing trailers on Viceland for The Purge. Evidently it’s the 4th or 5th movie in the series (but it’s maybe a prequel?), and yet I’ve ...
School’s Out For Summer!
Today was my last day of what was probably one of the hardest school years of my professional life. I am so relieved that it’s over. Yesterday was actuall...
West Medicine Fails Again
West medicine can do a lot of incredible things. This is not a post to deride western medicine as a whole. Vaccines especially are proof of western medicines ab...
Negated
My son had one of his epic meltdowns yesterday. It started at pick up and continued until bedtime. He was screaming, thrashing, insulting, threatening, throwing...
Final Stretch(es)
My daughter has three more days of school. Her birthday is Thursday and her party is Friday. This coming weekend we have a Girl Scout camping trip. My last day ...
Content with less connection
I am changing. It’s subtle, so subtle that sometimes I don’t realize it, but it’s happening all the same. I’m getting older. More mature...
Change of plans
We are no longer traveling to Nicaragua this summer. Our new destination is Colombia. It turns out my college roommates Freshman and Sophomore year boyfriend wo...