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An ode to early morning runs

Posted on August 14, 2023 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

I don’t generally run in the early mornings, and never before work. But today my son and I were up at 6:20am at my parents’ house and I knew it would be too hot...

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Musings on memory and reflection and the stories we tell

Posted on August 10, 2023 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

I’m struggling to stay focused this week. I’m struggling to get things done. At home, at work, even on this blog. I am managing to spend way too muc...

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Unpacking

Posted on August 7, 2023 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

After a weekend of doing pretty much nothing (except watching Guardians 3 as a family), the kids started camp for their last full week of summer. I cannot belie...

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The final piece of summer fun Tetris

Posted on August 3, 2023 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

I cannot think of what to title this post. I guess I’ll see what I end up writing. It’s Thursday. We got home from Hawaii late Monday night (really it was very ...

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My best day

Posted on July 30, 2023 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

Yesterday was the best day. We got word that the pill form of the meds we’d been giving the cat were working and he seemed much better. I also got a massage (gi...

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Disappointed

Posted on July 19, 2023 by noemikjames / 9 Comments

My birthday was Monday. My family did… nothing. Not a card. Not a small gift. Nothing. I mean I got some “Happy birthdays” and a couple hugs. ...

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Up and down days

Posted on July 9, 2023 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

My husband returned home Friday night to find the cats in bad shape. Tl;dr – a lot of clean up was required and Panther was hissing at Serval, who has a b...

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Good news and better news

Posted on June 30, 2023 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

On Wednesday I got a negative PCR test and decided I was done worrying that I was going to get COVID. A negative PCR test six days after being exposed made me f...

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Hitting bottom

Posted on June 28, 2023 by noemikjames / 3 Comments

Yesterday was a hard day. I cried in the car. On two different occasions. I was kind of a wreck. After I wrote the post on Monday evening, I did some stretching...

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Neti pot drama (and travel workout recs?)

Posted on June 26, 2023 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

So I broke my brain with a neti pot. I’m not sure what exactly I did wrong but now, when I lower my head at all, I feel a searing pain across the back of ...

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