Bedtime
Am I the only parent whose kids are still falling asleep after 9:30pm, even after falling back? No matter how early we start bedtime, they are still up asking f...
Author: noemikjames
My “Why”: The PTA
There is a lot of talk in any venture, really, about figuring out your “why,” the idea being that if you know why you are doing something–eati...
Falling Back (Now vs Then)
I used to love falling back. While I’m not a fan of changing the time in general (we would keep DST all year if I had my way), and I HATE when it gets dar...
A semi-success
We had yet another PTA event today, the last one for a while. I suppose it could be called a success, but nothing we ever do for PTA ever feels like it’s really...
I hope this wasn’t a mistake
I am really struggling to land on a topic tonight. And I also wanted to write something for tomorrow morning! I hope tentatively committing to NaBloPoMo wasn...
NaBloPoMo?
I can’t promise I WILL post every day in November, but I can sure as hell try. This sad, three sentence excuse for a post certainly isn’t an auspici...
Happy Halloween!
I very rarely post pictures of us here but I can’t help myself tonight. I’ve been planning these Star Wars costumes for a long time and I am very pleased with t...
Beautiful City
I talk a lot about how hard it can be to live in the San Francisco, but some days I really do love living here. Like when I get to go to a ropes course with one...
Learning a New Skill
This Saturday we have yet another event at my daughter’s school. This one is called Shared Schoolyard, and it’s a celebration of the opening of our...
The Bad News (At Work)
I mentioned getting some bad news at work the other day. And I did. Some very surprising, and very shitty, bad news. Turns out, the construction project whose d...