Home Stretch
We’re so close I can taste it. I can also taste bile at the back of my mouth. I hate this time of year. Things are super stressful. There is so much to do...
Author: noemikjames
Clarification
When you choose to put yourself out there in a space like this, you are bound to encounter misinterpretation and misunderstanding. You are also likely to experi...
Reconciling the Hard
I have over 200 blogs in my reader and yesterday there were three posts. All day. This morning there were five. I guess the summer doldrums are already here. My...
My Failure Resume
Mel wrote a post about writing one’s Failure Resume, the idea for which she got from a Lifehacker article. This is how the original article begins: Listin...
Goods and Bads (This time the Goods!)
Yesterday’s post was supposed to be about goods and bads, but I ended up writing so much about the bads–that work stuff probably should have been it...
Goods and Bads (Ok, only Bads)
It’s been a really shitty week and I’m feeling pretty down right now. But I also recognize that some good has happened, and I don’t want to ov...
Lesson Learned (Yet again!)
I finished today’s other post on my phone last night, and it seems those concluding paragraphs have been lost in the ether. This is not the first time the...
The Chink
Today I was faced with a situation at work that had me lamenting my biggest weakness as a teacher: classroom management. I have read so many books, been to so m...
Financial Check-In
I’m still kind of reeling from the realization of how far I’ve come on the STUFF front. I’m not quite sure which is more remarkable, that I ma...