January Look Back / February Look Forward
So I know I haven’t actually posted my goals yet, not my goals for the year, or Q1, or January. But! I do have some goals and I think I can write about wh...
Author: noemikjames
Seven on Sunday: FIGs before February
I did not learn about Alex Pretti’s murder until late Sunday night. And only today did I think about how this came across being posted on Sunday evening. Apolog...
Five on Friday: Life Updates (New Injury)
Long weekend This past weekend was, for the most part, a nice one. Friday night we finished Stranger Things season 4. The finale was over two hours long! WeR...
Six on Saturday: Reasons it feels like time is moving fast, and is fleeting
My work bestie is pregnant. She’s 15 weeks now, so I am moving out of my (private) anxiety that things will be okay (never goes away does it?) and into, h...
Kind of failing so far
So here is the post where I declare that so far, 2026 has been giving… failure. I really have, for the past two weeks, felt like I have been failing. It&#...
Dispatches from my recent crash out
Going back to work this past week I felt pretty decent. I didn’t even have the end of break scaries! I really did feel ready to go back after two weeks of...
What worked this break
I wrote this during the first week of break, but I think it might be valuable to post anyway, so I’m going to try to make it sense and put it up. This was...
Death Valley 2025
Happy New Year! I know this is the time for yearly recaps and goals – and I hope to write about both! – but I need to get our Death Valley trip down...
Five on Friday: End of Break Updates
Happy New Year! We got back from Death Valley on New Year’s Eve, around 7pm. We immediately unpacked the van, putting everything in our downstairs unit. W...
Christmas 2025
We had a lovely Christmas this year. Here is a quick recap. Christmas Eve On Tuesday I took the 12yo and his friend to a trampoline park to jump off the pre-Chr...