Author: noemikjames

Kids Both kids started the school year strong. The 15yo is handling all of her classes nicely, including her first AP class (World History). She has some friend...

My summer break is officially over. Today (Thursday, so probably yesterday by the time you read this) is my first official day back at work. We don’t have...

It’s August 6th today. How can that be? Every school year I can’t believe when we make it to the end, and then every summer I can’t believe ho...

Yesterday the 15yo and I went on our Discovery Dive. We got into the water at 2:00 in Lahaina. When we got back to the dive shop at 3:30pm, our phones were blow...

I did it! If you’re reading this post it means I got it written and published! Wooo hoooo! (I’m literally posting this as our flight to Maui taxis out to the ru...

The weird thing about summer is how every week is different. Last week the 11yo had camp, which was weirdly in the middle of SF State’s campus and had har...

Am I the only one who actually has a HARDER time getting things done when she has larger swaths of free time? I can get a lot done at the end of the work day, w...

I turn 45 today. 45 feels like a big number. Not sure why. It just feels heavy for some reason, rolling around in my head. I’m not sad to be turning 45. A...

I have eight full weeks off for summer break and this Monday marks the half way point. Four weeks are behind me and four are still to come. On the one hand I ca...