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Words on the Weekend

Posted on February 3, 2018 by noemikjames / 7 Comments

This will be a super disjointed post, but I’ll keep out the bullet points, even though really they should probably be there. Thank you all so much for sha...

Life

Neither Here Nor There

Posted on February 1, 2018 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

I’m sick, but unable to take off of work to recuperate, so bullet points it is. ~ My son has been quite sick this week, but my in-laws are miraculously in...

Life

2nd Day Back

Posted on January 9, 2018 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

Thank you everybody who commented on my last post. Now I’m even more excited about my trip! It was so awesome to hear that people have been (or lived) the...

Life/Parenting & Family

2018 Destination: Nicaragua

Posted on January 8, 2018 by noemikjames / 20 Comments

It is still my plan to live abroad, in a Spanish speaking country, with my kids for a year or two. I almost wrote “goal,” but the words we use are i...

Life

Goodbye Winter Break

Posted on January 5, 2018 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

Today is technically the last day of winter break (the last day I actually get off). I must say, it was a pretty great two weeks. I actually love when Christmas...

Life

Revisiting my 2017 Goals

Posted on January 4, 2018 by noemikjames / 10 Comments

So I was feeling really “meh” about making resolutions, and/or setting goals for this year, and then I remembered the goals I wrote out for 2017. I ...

Life

New year, same shit

Posted on January 3, 2018 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

So, 2018 is finally here. May it be less of a raging dumpster fire than 2017 was. Seriously, 2017 was a really shit year. And I didn’t even have it that b...

Life

‘Twas the day before Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2017 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

Yesterday my son woke up at 7:30am! Huzzah! It’s amazing how much more manageable the day feels when you’ve only been awake for 1.5 hours at 9am, in...

Life/Parenting & Family

How many more days of break?

Posted on December 22, 2017 by noemikjames / 6 Comments

Work has been so thoroughly kicking my ass of late, I was really excited to go on break. Wednesday night, I kept remember that I didn’t have work the next...

Life/Work/Teaching

This Week

Posted on December 11, 2017 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

This week is crazy. I have something big after school every day this week. I’m struggling with pick-up on two of the days. Sometimes I really miss my in-l...

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