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Shit, Meet Fan

Posted on October 13, 2017 by noemikjames / 9 Comments

Last night, the shit really hit the fan for me. I am now facing a reality I had always feared, but hoped I could avoid. I hate to be purposefully vague, and I p...

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Red Sun Over the City

Posted on October 11, 2017 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

We came back to a Bay Area blanketed in smoke. The setting sun was blood red before it disappeared completely behind the wall gray wall, only to emerge again ri...

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New Family Traditions

Posted on October 7, 2017 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

I worry sometimes that we don’t spend enough time creating and cultivating our own new family traditions, but instead work only to preserve favorite tradi...

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Things I’m Loving Right Now

Posted on October 5, 2017 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

Despite the stress at work, and surrounding the PTA, there is much I am loving these days. Here are a few things that are making me happy. ~ Magnesium. Seriousl...

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My Marriage These Days

Posted on October 2, 2017 by noemikjames / 6 Comments

I’ve been meaning to write about my marriage these days, because it’s in a good place, and as you all know, that isn’t always the case. The tr...

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An email

Posted on September 29, 2017 by noemikjames / 16 Comments

The book fair is over today. I can’t wait until it’s all packed up and I walk out of that room until spring. Yesterday I had big plans to work out t...

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On a Tuesday…

Posted on September 26, 2017 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

{I started this post yesterday, with the intention of posting it yesterday morning, but then life got in the way.} I took the day off today to set up the book f...

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Recommendations Wanted

Posted on September 21, 2017 by noemikjames / 19 Comments

One of the reasons I’m so overwhelmed right now (and writing posts like yesterday’s) is because the whole president of the PTA thing is totally kick...

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Why do I even try?

Posted on September 20, 2017 by noemikjames / 7 Comments

Sometimes it feels like, Why do I even try? Because no matter my intentions, or the steps I take to ensure something happens, life will intervene, and I end up ...

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Finding Time

Posted on September 18, 2017 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

I have not been finding time to write here. I’m doing so much new stuff at work that I have to spend more time preparing than I used to. By the end of mos...

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