Seven on Sunday: Enjoying and looking forward to
Thank you all for your comments on my last post. We still haven’t had our follow up conversation, but I shared an ideal week template with my husband and sugges...
Author: noemikjames
Still struggling
October has not offered the relief I was hoping for, and earlier this week I kind of lost it. I cried. My husband and I had a fight. Two in fact. It sucked. I f...
Seven on Sunday: Struggle Bug Edition
Well, the first week of October was not at all what I was hoping for. I wanted October to be chill and it was the opposite of that, both literally and metaphori...
It sure doesn’t feel like fall
In fact, it feels like the hottest possible summer…in the desert. Because even the summer is not hot here, especially not as hot as it has been. Because it’s be...
Goodbye, and good riddance
Thank all that is good in this world that September is over tomorrow. For real, I am not at all sad to see it go. October will certainly not be a panacea for me...
Five on Friday: Crying in a Safeway parking lot Edition
If September kicked my metaphorical ass (it did), this past week was the part where it punched me in the face over and over again. For real this September was n...
5 Fives on Friday: Getting Covid in 2024 Edition
Guess who just got booted from the “only had Covid once” club?! Yep! It’s me! Boooooo! Here are some thoughts on having Covid a second time, t...
Six on Saturday
Home: House is a mess again. I feel like, superficially, I’ve undone all the work I put in for our trip last February. I know that’s not true because the drawer...
Recent Silver Linings
Gah! I did not mean to be away so long. I even took pictures for a “photo every hour” post on Saturday but then I had no time to put it together. I drafted a “s...
Weekend Wins + Start of September
Oh how I needed a three day weekend! I am so, so grateful we had today off. It honestly felt even longer than a “long weekend” because we got out at...