A Positive Outcome
I swear, this will be my last post about my event. So it’s two days out, and I’m feeling really positively about my big even at school. I want to wr...
Author: noemikjames
Abusing the Babysitter
I am working out right now, and my kid is in front of the TV. The AAP just updated their TV recommendations for 2017. The generalized “two hours of screen...
Getting Caught Up
I really just wanted to take a few days to rest after the big event, but there are only two weeks until the end of the trimester and I fell way behind grading a...
It’s Over!
It’s over! And it was, all things considered, a success. The teachers running the activities that I couldn’t be at said thing went well and that is ...
Tomorrow and NaBloPoMo – F*ck Yeah! (x2)
Tomorrow is my all day, all 6th grade, Day of the Dead festival. I have never attempted anything on this scale before: organizing activities for 192 kids over f...
That space inside
It’s been ten days since I posted. I don’t generally stay away that long. I’m in the middle of a very busy month, and I’m creating a lot...
A couple things
Nothing coherent to say today, so just a couple bullet points. October is going to be a mega-busy month for me. I committed to putting on a giant, all-day, all-...
How do you take care of your clothes?
Since I first cleaned out my closet a couple years ago, I’ve done a good job of only keeping the items that “spark joy.” This means I have few...
Community at School
I’ve spent a lot of the past few years trying to figure out what is most important to me. If I had more time, or more money (or gasp! more of both!) how a...
Correlation and Causation
Last week was rough. There is some hard shit happening to my family (the one I grew up in) and it’s getting me down. Everyone will be okay, eventually, bu...