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Counting the days between breaks

Posted on November 30, 2020 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

I’m finding it hard to remember what is normal and what’s not. Is it normal for me to count the days between breaks like this? I can’t remembe...

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(Scattered) Thoughts from the end of Thanksgiving Break

Posted on November 27, 2020 by noemikjames / 1 Comment

I can’t believe our first break of the school year is almost over. Today is the last day we actually have off and tomorrow starts the weekend. I have to s...

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Compromise

Posted on November 20, 2020 by noemikjames / 10 Comments

I’ve been dreading the conversation with my parents about Thanksgiving. I know they are less cautious about possible exposure – they eat at a common...

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Aguafiestas

Posted on November 14, 2020 by noemikjames / 6 Comments

We have been really lucky since shelter-in-place started that the majority of our social circle was similarly concerned about exposure to the coronavirus. We we...

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Navigating a complete lack of motivation

Posted on November 10, 2020 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

Of my many “areas of growth,” a lack of motivation has never really been one of them. I mean yes, in some areas (::cough:: cleaning my house ::cough...

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Relief

Posted on November 9, 2020 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

I have to admit, now that Biden has been announced the president-elect, I feel an incredible amount of relief. I still have a lot of processing to do about the ...

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Distracted

Posted on November 6, 2020 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

I know when I saw that this was a rough week, I don’t speak only for myself. It was a very, very rough week for all of us. Even before the election, I rea...

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A new, new normal

Posted on November 1, 2020 by noemikjames / 4 Comments

First of all, a big thank you to everyone who commented to let me know I’m not alone in my struggle. I hate that others are feeling as hopeless and overwh...

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Struggling

Posted on October 28, 2020 by noemikjames / 8 Comments

I’m having a hard time right now. I don’t read many posts about people struggling with this anymore. Some peoples lives are almost back to normal &#...

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A week

Posted on October 26, 2020 by noemikjames / 2 Comments

This week was rough. A lot of ups and downs. By Friday I was exhausted. Thursday was my son’s 7th birthday. We’ve been counting down since early Sep...

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