Author: noemikjames

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...

UESF Strike We got an email last Friday morning that the UESF union and district had reached a tentative agreement. After a week out of school, our kids were ba...

Sunday 2/8. I LOVED the Benito Bowl. The fact that the Super Bowl half time show – in 2026! – was sung entirely in Spanish, makes my heart so happy....

This is a weird week. It’s weird at home because UESF teachers are still on strike (we just got a text message at 5:15pm that schools are closed again tomorrow,...