Author: noemikjames

A big thanks to everyone who commented on my “struggling to show up here” post. I appreciate all your insights and assurances. I guess we’ll f...

Okay, let’s get this post up! I wrote most of it over 10 days ago (the Monday of my kids’ spring break), so I might as well finish it up and put it ...

Hey all. Sorry to be gone again for so long. In all honestly I am REALLY struggling to show up here right now. I’m not sure what it is. When I think about...

Conference The conference in Palm Springs was a lot of fun. I enjoyed the time with my colleagues, many of whom I didn’t know well before the trip (we teach on ...

Um, has it really been almost two weeks since I posted!? I did NOT realize it had been that long. But honestly, things have been so crazy that I’m not really su...

Two cancellations in two weeks. I mentioned in a past post (I’m not sure which one) that I was really looking forward to a Spring Break trip to LA to visi...

Three posts in three days!? I’m as shocked as you are! Expect the unexpected in the big 2-6! Now on to the third post (a monthly goal post no less! I̵...

February was kind of a rough month, but the FIGs Collective absolutely made it better. Finding my own FJIGs, and reading about other people’s FIGS, defini...

*TS PMO = this shit pisses me off. I put a space between the S and P because when my daughter says it (which is constantly) she pauses after the S and it’...

I forgot to link to the wonderful Elizabeth in last week’s FJIGS post, and she is the one who makes this happen every February so not linking to her is NO...