Category Archives: Family nonsense

Is this all there is?

Posted on April 26, 2022 by wonkydonkey

Today I am pondering the cadence of my days. I sleep about 8 hours a night. Less than that, and you don’t want to be around me. There’s an hour in the morning and three hours in the evening – … Continue reading →

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Time passes

Posted on September 3, 2021 by wonkydonkey

Today marks 18 years since my mom passed, suddenly and avoidably. As I close in on the age she was, I think of all the things she has missed out on, and it makes me deeply sad that her life … Continue reading →

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Challenge year

Posted on March 2, 2021 by wonkydonkey

I’ve heard 2020 referred to as “the great pause”, but I think of it as more of “the year that wasn’t”. It’s missing, almost the whole damned thing. And it overlaps into 2021. But as we near the end of … Continue reading →

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Treading water

Posted on August 17, 2020 by wonkydonkey

With our state stalled in its Safe Start plan (no counties are being moved forward right now), things have just settled into this weird situation that I refuse to call “new normal”. The weather is gorgeous, and in any other … Continue reading →

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Finding the good

Posted on June 4, 2020 by wonkydonkey

I can barely keep up with what day of the week it is — and today I realized it is JUNE. The year is half gone, and it’s been fairly shitty so far. Today I’m having one of those “I … Continue reading →

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Things are just weird

Posted on May 12, 2020 by wonkydonkey

The Mr. and I are fortunate in that we have remained at our jobs through the pandemic that sent so many people to unemployment websites. My office has had to respond to a decrease in business, but we will survive … Continue reading →

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Two steps back

Posted on January 21, 2020 by wonkydonkey

Fed up with being out of shape, I joined a local gym a couple weeks ago. I’ve gone several times, trying to figure out what will work for me, hold my attention, and what my body can withstand. So far … Continue reading →

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Unexpected side effects

Posted on January 14, 2020 by wonkydonkey

As our kids were growing up, I kept hearing how great it would be to have an Empty Nest. Bittersweet, for sure, but overall nice to live as an adult again instead of “so-and-so’s mom”. And at first, it was … Continue reading →

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Sometimes it’s just too much

Posted on December 27, 2019 by wonkydonkey

I had to take a bit of a blog break; 2019 is kicking my arse and I didn’t want to whine about it online too much. I think (hope) the worst is now behind us, and I can focus on … Continue reading →

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The empty nest

Posted on November 14, 2019 by wonkydonkey

Our youngest moved out early this year, leaving us true empty nesters; this has required some serious mental energy as we try to let go of the parenting side that has dominated our lives for the past twenty-nine years. Letting … Continue reading →

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