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The suck of doing it vs the relief of getting it done

Posted on November 4, 2022 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

It’s Friday night and I just spent an hour scoring assessments. It’s definitely not the way I wanted to start my weekend. But I realized at work that a project ...

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Limping to the finish line

Posted on November 3, 2022 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

I had all manner of plans for tonight, the biggest one was scoring my students’ assessments. But instead I spent the evening helping my daughter identify and fi...

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You got games on your phone?

Posted on November 3, 2022 by noemikjames / 7 Comments

Yes, yes I do. And I play them ALL THE TIME. I am on a level of Two Dots that I refuse to publish here. If I did the math, and multiplied the level I’m on by 3 ...

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NaBloPoMo?

Posted on November 1, 2022 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

It’s November 1st, and blogging every day is a thing people do in November. Shall I attempt it this year? I do not yet know. Today was a pretty good day. ...

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Why am I so fixated on keeping things “fair” in my marriage?

Posted on October 31, 2022 by noemikjames / 10 Comments

I’ve been struggling to show up at martial arts lately. Part of the reason is that really I should be training for my next test, but when I think of how m...

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Friday, again

Posted on October 28, 2022 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

Well, it’s Friday. Again. I have an okay day planned at work. The stations I had planned actually went well and most of the kids got the two big things done, so...

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An okay day

Posted on October 26, 2022 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

Yesterday was a weird day. My mom responded to an announcement with totally unexpected vitriol. I wasn’t sure if I should be upset at how much my feelings were ...

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Ready to put October behind me

Posted on October 24, 2022 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

October 2022 has not been my month. The first week was the roughest parent conference role out my school has seen. The next week I was grieving the cat I’ve had...

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Why is everything so hard right now?

Posted on October 17, 2022 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

This fall has been a tough one. Everything feels really hard. At the very least, everything is taking a lot of time. I’m bringing work home now, almost ev...

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Not doing well

Posted on October 15, 2022 by noemikjames / 3 Comments

I was already in a pretty deep hole after Conferences week, and then my cat died. Now I’m pretty much buried in this hole. The next couple of weeks are no...

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