Author: noemikjames

Break has officially started! I already feel so much better than I did last night. Run I got out before the fog came in. It was so nice to be out in the sun. An...

Well I did it. I made it to the winter break. Limping to the finish line. Maybe crawling. But I got there! Work was brutal. I subbed during my prep all week. I ...

I wanted to write a little update on our decluttering project, partly because I want to remind myself that we have in fact done some good work, and partly becau...

I’m at that place where things feel like they are spilling into, and past, the margins. My margins are always smaller than I’d like, the spaces available to pus...

It’s been a week! I’m glad it’s almost over. I had a real post to write. I even put some thoughts down in a Note on my phone. But it’s l...

Sorry. I didn’t mean to be gone so long. Saturday was a marathon day (art store run for my daughter, sons’s belt test, book club, dinner + drinks with my girlfr...

Well, this week thoroughly kicked my ass. I am in rough shape. I want to say I’m so happy tomorrow is Friday, but the weekend doesn’t look like it’s going to be...

The weekend is almost over. Yesterday was spent almost entirely at the dojo, helping them set up their holiday party (and fundraiser kickoff) and then helping d...

Thank you to everyone who commented on my post. I really appreciated your stories and perspectives. I was realizing as I read them that my kids have never asked...

I’ve done a lot of NaBloPoMo’s before, but I haven’t done one like 2023’s in a long while. And I don’t know if I’ve ever par...