Author: noemikjames

We get today off (Juneteenth observed) so the kids don’t have camp and my husband doesn’t have work. My parents took the kids last night and my husb...

I took my car to get serviced at the dealership near the giant Target and the mall today. I was actually kind of excited to have a couple-hour stretch to kill a...

Written on Tuesday afternoon, and evening. I got some bummer news from work yesterday and I was very sulky about it. I cried a lot and then walked around poutin...

Thursday I said goodbye to my 21-22 students for the last time. Friday I finished clearing out my room for the summer deep clean. I am now officially done with ...

I don’t know why it took me so long to figure that out. I guess the idea that a virus would give me back pain just never entered my mind. But my first 48 hours ...

But first, a PSA to parents: If your student is reporting troubling issues in a class, direct them to speak to the teacher about the issues themselves. Then, if...

Last week kind of sucked. There was a lot of getting too much done in too little time. There was a lot of feeling in the weeds and overwhelmed. There was a lot ...

It was a lovely day. We took the cable car to Ghirardelli Square. There was beautiful view from the cable car and incredible ice cream sundaes at the square. We...