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Streamlining

Posted on September 7, 2016 by noemikjames / 12 Comments

I finished up the first week and a half of work feeling like I was totally fucked and there was no way I could make it through the year with my sanity intact. T...

Life

And Me Makes Three

Posted on September 5, 2016 by noemikjames / 7 Comments

I ended up getting the bug two hours after I wrote about my son getting it. He and I spent the night throwing up together. At one point I was on his bed, throwi...

Life

Tough Week

Posted on September 1, 2016 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

This has been a tough week. I’m relieved it’s almost over. Monday and Tuesday my son wasn’t allowed at school. We were so fortunate that my in...

Identity/Life

Mom Jeans

Posted on August 26, 2016 by noemikjames / 26 Comments

Well, it’s started. One of the harder years of my teaching career is under way. I have 250 students this year. 251 actually. How can that be? Because I se...

Identity/Life

Things I’m Weird About: Clothing Addition

Posted on August 15, 2016 by noemikjames / 14 Comments

There is this thing I’m kind of weird about. It has to do with my clothes. The thing is that I can only wear clothes that match my body’s cleanlines...

Home/Life/Parenting & Family

The Moment of Truth

Posted on August 8, 2016 by noemikjames / 13 Comments

Tomorrow (Tuesday) morning my kids and I head to the local (ridiculously expensive) lice-experts to get our heads checked. The checks are free (during a short t...

Life/Minimalism

Kind of Killing It

Posted on August 7, 2016 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

I have one week until my daughter’s school starts on Monday 8/15. That Wednesday is my first required professional development day. We’re in the fin...

Life

Change of Plans

Posted on August 4, 2016 by noemikjames / 6 Comments

I am a bit of a type A personality. When it comes to the precious moments when I can actually get things done, I like to have a plan that uses those moments wis...

Life

Summer’s End

Posted on July 28, 2016 by noemikjames / 16 Comments

I’m back. I’ve been back for four days, actually. I returned very late Sunday night to a house in full quarantine and spent Monday caring for my sic...

Life

Submitted

Posted on June 21, 2016 by noemikjames / 18 Comments

I submitted my application yesterday afternoon. My principal friend recommended I wait until Monday in the hopes that my former principal would pull through wit...

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