Dispatches from my recent crash out
Going back to work this past week I felt pretty decent. I didn’t even have the end of break scaries! I really did feel ready to go back after two weeks of...
Author: noemikjames
What worked this break
I wrote this during the first week of break, but I think it might be valuable to post anyway, so I’m going to try to make it sense and put it up. This was...
Death Valley 2025
Happy New Year! I know this is the time for yearly recaps and goals – and I hope to write about both! – but I need to get our Death Valley trip down...
Five on Friday: End of Break Updates
Happy New Year! We got back from Death Valley on New Year’s Eve, around 7pm. We immediately unpacked the van, putting everything in our downstairs unit. W...
Christmas 2025
We had a lovely Christmas this year. Here is a quick recap. Christmas Eve On Tuesday I took the 12yo and his friend to a trampoline park to jump off the pre-Chr...
Stressful stuff, annoyances, and happy things
Stressful stuff Serval’s urine analysis showed a lot of sugar, so I had to bring him in today to get his blood drawn. His blood work was not conclusive &#...
Mid-week mumbling
I am truly crawling my way to the finish line this week. I’m just so over everything. It’s raining this morning, and my first class of the day was s...
Wins this week
It’s been a hard week, but there have definitely been some wins. MONDAY. I brought running clothes to school, changed into them super fast, got out of the...
The stuff that is NOT HELPING
I was right. I totally ran out of steam and this morning was a shit show. It started last night when I remembered at 11pm that I still hadn’t put wiper fl...