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Month: October 2025

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Weekend warrior?

Posted on October 30, 2025 by noemikjames / 16 Comments

I know I mentioned here that the 15yo applied for an (unpaid) internship and made it through the application and (Zoom) interview phases. This weekend is the in...

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Best $8 I ever spent

Posted on October 27, 2025 by noemikjames / 8 Comments

It feels like, all of the sudden, the year is hurdling to a close. The end of the trimester is three weeks away. There are four weeks until Thanksgiving Break! ...

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Oops! Forgot a title!

Posted on October 23, 2025 by noemikjames / 3 Comments

It’s late Wednesday night and I’m starting tomorrow’s post because Thursday’s always suck and tomorrow is going to be a DOOZY, so I̵...

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Trying to climb back on the wagon

Posted on October 21, 2025 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

I’m trying to post every other day in October. The goal has been to hit publish at some point during the “odd” days. I published Friday’...

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Five on Friday: Mid-October Musings

Posted on October 18, 2025 by noemikjames / 3 Comments

Unfinished and on the wrong day. Things kind of fell apart last night but don’t worry! We’re all fine! I was going to tweak this post to publish it today but f*...

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Working out (then and now)

Posted on October 15, 2025 by noemikjames / 6 Comments

I have been working out regularly for decades. That is pretty crazy to say, since working out has never been required by any part of my life. I have just always...

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Emotional Hang Over

Posted on October 13, 2025 by noemikjames / 3 Comments

My friend’s memorial was Sunday. I will admit that I had been dreading it. I just knew I was going to cry the whole time. And I did cry. A lot But I also ...

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Cat Pictures

Posted on October 11, 2025 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

Daria asked what working out looks like for me these days and I started that post, but then realized I want to post pictures of my strength set up, so I’m...

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Quick, random updates

Posted on October 10, 2025 by noemikjames / 3 Comments

I was going to have this up early Friday but then the kitchen sink wasn’t getting hot water and I had to spend over an hour fixing it. But I did fix it! And it ...

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Mess ups and mock ups

Posted on October 7, 2025 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

Last night I forgot to take the cans out, which is kind of really bad because our trash can barely fits one week’s worth of trash and could never accommod...

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