Author: noemikjames

Last week was so rough. It was excruciating. I was still trying to teach and assess learning and update my gradebooks, despite everyone already being in “...

Today is my daughter’s 14th birthday. In many ways, it’s the anniversary of me becoming a mother, of my life changing irrevocably. And forever. I’ve been thinki...

*Actually, make that four. (How is strikethrough not an option in the title block?!) May kind of steam rolled me. But when I look back at it, it’s clear w...

Last week I was officially 12 weeks out from my knee injury, which sports medicine considers to be 3 months (1 month = 4 weeks). This week I’m at 13 weeks...

It was a nice long weekend. Really nice. Well, most of it was. Monday things with the kids kind of went off the rails, but Saturday and Sunday were amazing. Eve...

I did it! I made it to Friday! When I get really underwater with a couple of big, important events, I get tunnel vision (oh! another tunnel metaphor!) and focus...

It’s Wednesday night and I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. The light is bright! It’s so bright! I really am close now. But tomorrow will...

This weekend was pretty good! Our daughter had a sleep over Friday night, our son had a sleep over Saturday night, my husband was sick and pretty much out of co...

The end of the school year is always crazy. It’s crazy for my kids. It’s crazy for myself as a teacher. It’s crazy for our family (our daughter’s birthday is ri...