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Silly me

Posted on June 23, 2023 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

I thought I’d be writing a post today about what I did and did not end up doing this week. Instead I’m writing a post about how my husband just test...

Connection/Identity/Parenting & Family

Retooling expectations

Posted on June 18, 2023 by noemikjames / 6 Comments

Yesterday was a success. The kids did great on the bike ride. They were shaky to start but they found their footing and went for it. They made it all the way to...

Home/Parenting & Family/Self-compassion

Me being a curmudgeon at the start of summer

Posted on June 17, 2023 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

{I had titled this “ping pong thoughts at the start of summer” but by the end if felt I should change the title. And since the line-through-text for...

Work/Teaching

Last Day of School

Posted on June 15, 2023 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

Well, I did it. I made it to the last day of the school year. At 12:15pm today I will say goodbye to my last class of students, then go to the 8th grade brunch ...

Work/Teaching

The home stretch

Posted on June 12, 2023 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

Yesterday we threw our daughter a birthday party in the park. Make your own boba and bagels for 16 kids. We had to make pretty much everything for the boba bar ...

Connection/Health & Well Being

Bummer (or on not managing disappointment well)

Posted on June 10, 2023 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

Today I was supposed to go to my first book club with a friend. I have been plowing through the book all week, trying to finish in time, I was nervous, but exci...

Parenting & Family

Lucky 13

Posted on June 9, 2023 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

I meant to write all week, several different posts, but now it’s Friday and part of each of them will have to end up here. {Or not, I ended up just writing one,...

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Woman foolishly thinks…?

Posted on June 4, 2023 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

But it really does have to be better in one week right? Definitely in two… I can’t believe last weekend was the long weekend, and I spent much of Wednesday in t...

Health & Well Being

Not a stroke, but maybe a silent migraine?

Posted on May 31, 2023 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

I spent several hours in the ER today. A couple hours in the waiting room, and one in the actual ER. I was there because the advice nurse told me I had to go. B...

Life/Parenting & Family

But…

Posted on May 30, 2023 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

It was a nice weekend, but I it wasn’t long enough. I went to sparring and high belt class, but I felt nauseous after all the rolling we did so I didnR...

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