Close It Down
Yesterday I used half of our tax return to pay off the remaining $2,606.66 of my student loans. It felt amazing. I know I’m very lucky that my parents pai...
Author: noemikjames
Missing Mojo
I’ve totally lost mojo at work and I’ve become a completely mediocre teacher. I just can’t seem to pull it together enough to give a fuck. Mos...
In Search of Spirituality
{I wrote this the Friday before I found out my aunt died; it felt disingenuous to put it up that following week. I’ve been thinking about it a lot since t...
Repair Job
My marriage is… okay right now. It’s not great. It’s not awful. It would be easy to stay here, in this okay place, for a long time. Honestly t...
Thoughts from my FB Holiday
I’m only three weeks into my break from FB, but I’ve been thinking a lot about what it’s like to be away. I will admit, the first week I suffe...
Suck It Up
Someone close to me, someone it is my job to support, is really struggling right now. She is getting professional help, and working hard to make positive change...
Nine Weeks
I can’t believe it’s already April 18th. The first week of April was my spring break, and even though my son crashed all the days I had allotted for...
Sudden and Unexpected
My aunt died last week. She was my godmother, my mother’s closest sister. Our families have always been close. Her death was very sudden and unexpected. S...
Sometimes this place…
…is paradise.