The Rhythm of our weekends
Last weekend we spent a day in Alameda and about half way through I realized what a lovely time I was having. It occurred to me then that my husband could have ...
Author: noemikjames
The post that won’t upload (and apologies for my unannounced absence)
I did not mean to be gone for so long, but this week kicked my ass. Hard. There just ended up being way too much to do. Some of it was my fault for actually tak...
One more day off
Tuesday I… took both kids to school stopped by work ran six miles had lunch with my parents did a big shop at Costco took my son and his friend to martial...
Mid-Winter Break
I have the rest of this week off. My kids do not. This means it’s less like a break in some ways, and more like a break in others. The mornings, afternoon...
A fun (and full) 24 hour date day
My mom picked up the kids at 4pm on Saturday and didn’t return them until 4:30pm on Sunday. After a bunch of “chilling at home on the sofa” da...
Current Head Space
I feel it would be disingenuous, after my previous posts, not to mention that I’m feeling a lot of ambivalence about the changing public health policies h...
Attempting an alternating week schedule
This is a scheduling/planning post. If scheduling/planning is not your think, feel free to skip this one. So my daughter started boxing last month. This is grea...
A weird week (after a nice weekend)
This week is a very weird week at school. About half the 7th and 8th grade students are going to Outdoor Education, and the remaining 7th and 8th grade students...
Some days I just…
Some days I want to come here and write and I’m not sure exactly why. What do I want to say? I have other stuff to do right now, but I opened this page in...
Some follow ups on (probably unpopular) thoughts
Thanks you for the conversation last Thursday. One thing I thinks is clear, is that different people are having different experiences in different parts of the ...