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“Crisis mode”

Posted on January 3, 2022 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

We got an email from our principal today, in the middle of an afternoon of zoom meetings, telling us that we’re officially in “crisis mode” (h...

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Waiting on PCR results

Posted on December 24, 2021 by noemikjames / 13 Comments

Today we’re supposed to be celebrating Christmas with my in-laws, but we can’t go over until we get my husband’s PCR results. He took the test on Wednesday at 3...

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What I learned hate reading blogs

Posted on December 21, 2021 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

I stay off social media for a lot of reasons, but the biggest one is that it makes me unhappy. I’m not good at refraining from judging my real life agains...

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This may be the end of daily posting

Posted on December 21, 2021 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

I technically did not post on December 20th. And maybe that is a good thing. Maybe I need to end the streak and that was just done for me. I’m tired. It’s reall...

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Brrrr

Posted on December 19, 2021 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

It’s been a chilly December. Again, I’m refraining from the use of “cold” because I know it’s not actually cold but man oh man doe...

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A good day

Posted on December 18, 2021 by noemikjames / 3 Comments

Today was a good day. My daughter’s sleep over was a huge success. The girls had a ton of fun and my daughter was over the moon. I was asleep by 12:30am and got...

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Operation Hot Chocolate (and seeing my students for the first time)

Posted on December 17, 2021 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

Yesterday I served almost 100 cups of hot chocolate. After each class finished their assessment, they got to take a cup outside to enjoy it. And as I sat outsid...

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These Two

Posted on December 16, 2021 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

I don’t write much our pets. They don’t do much but to us have they have big personalities and are the subject of a crazy amount of our family communication. We...

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Rainbow

Posted on December 15, 2021 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

Things are looking pretty grim, but every once in a while I feel a glimmer of hope. Today, on my way home from the holiday work party (which was fine), I saw th...

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Gotta get on it!

Posted on December 14, 2021 by noemikjames / 5 Comments

The winter break is fast approaching, and I do not feel like I have a handle on how those two weeks are going to play out. My sister is in town – I haven&...

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