The murky middle
After four solid days of decompression, I find myself prepared to start doing shit again. I’m glad I let myself take that time. I needed it so much that I...
Author: noemikjames
Mid-Summer Emotional Meandering
My summer break is eight weeks long. I’ve been thinking of it in 2-week chunks. The first two weeks were camping and the KOA. The second two weeks were ou...
St. Louis: Highs and not so highs
It feels too hard to write a comprehensive post about everything during our almost 1.5 week trip to St. Louis. Instead I’m going to list some of the awesome and...
The farm 2024
Sorry for the long silence here. It’s been a whirlwind trip that doesn’t leave much time for writing. I’m really behind in reading blogs right now too. We got i...
On our way
I did not intend for my previous post to be the only post last week, but that is what happened. The rest of the KOA went well enough. I got a lot of good questi...
KOA 2024
It’s Wednesday which means we’re half way through our KOA 2024 trip. But tonight two more boys come up (both had cancelled and then this morning I found out the...
Camping + Quick Weekend Recap
The camping trip ended up being fun. We spent the one full day at the tide pools and the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk which was a very nice way to spend the day. ...
Thoughts after the first days of summer break
I feel like summer break really started on Monday, because that was the first work day that I didn’t go to work. After a busy, somewhat stressful weekend,...
This morning I ran (what a privilege!)
I ran at my regular spot, and for the regular distance. I ran without walking intervals. I ran like I used to run, before I got hurt. The only thing that was no...
Five on Friday: Emotions at the end of the school year
Yesterday I said goodbye to all my classes for the last time. Today I’m in my room getting it ready for “checkout.” I can’t really belie...