Seven (Smiles) on Sunday
This was going to be a Five on Friday post and then a Six on Saturday post and now I’m barely getting it up on Sunday night. Blerg. I need to find better ...
Author: noemikjames
End of week update: Birthday weekend accomplished!
Oh wow, what a week. What a weekend! I’m so, so glad it’s over. Friday I was pretty zonked because I couldn’t fall asleep until 2am on Thursda...
Five on Friday: Progress made
Conversation with husband We never did actually write out our ideal weeks, but we thought about them enough to have a productive conversation about what we each...
Seven on Sunday: Enjoying and looking forward to
Thank you all for your comments on my last post. We still haven’t had our follow up conversation, but I shared an ideal week template with my husband and sugges...
Still struggling
October has not offered the relief I was hoping for, and earlier this week I kind of lost it. I cried. My husband and I had a fight. Two in fact. It sucked. I f...
Seven on Sunday: Struggle Bug Edition
Well, the first week of October was not at all what I was hoping for. I wanted October to be chill and it was the opposite of that, both literally and metaphori...
It sure doesn’t feel like fall
In fact, it feels like the hottest possible summer…in the desert. Because even the summer is not hot here, especially not as hot as it has been. Because it’s be...
Goodbye, and good riddance
Thank all that is good in this world that September is over tomorrow. For real, I am not at all sad to see it go. October will certainly not be a panacea for me...
Five on Friday: Crying in a Safeway parking lot Edition
If September kicked my metaphorical ass (it did), this past week was the part where it punched me in the face over and over again. For real this September was n...
5 Fives on Friday: Getting Covid in 2024 Edition
Guess who just got booted from the “only had Covid once” club?! Yep! It’s me! Boooooo! Here are some thoughts on having Covid a second time, t...