Category Archives: Random Thoughts

Farewell but not goodbye

Posted on July 1, 2022 by wonkydonkey

Yesterday one of my very favorite people retired from our office. I’ve had the honor of working with him for 24 years; he was on my original interview panel and I have enjoyed every single day that we’ve worked together. … Continue reading →

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Take the call

Posted on June 7, 2022 by wonkydonkey

Like a lot of people, I don’t answer my phone if I don’t recognize the phone number. I cannot, therefore, explain what compelled me to answer mine when it rang today; I glanced at the screen, saw that it wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Murphy’s Law is alive and well

Posted on May 26, 2022 by wonkydonkey

Our office, like every business, is short-staffed. For me this means we don’t have an administrative assistant, so the accounting group is covering those tasks. This has been working fairly well – today not so much. The other two accounting … Continue reading →

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One pill makes you small

Posted on April 27, 2022 by wonkydonkey

Rough morning – I accidentally took my “evening” vitamin supplements instead of the “morning” ones — so I’m loaded up on sleepy things like melatonin and ashwagandha. Makes for a drowsy start to the day. (and yes, they are in … Continue reading →

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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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Two years in

Posted on February 22, 2022 by wonkydonkey

Sometimes it feels like the last two years have flown by, and other times they seem to have lasted an eternity. It was two years ago that we lost a loved one to suicide, right at the brink of a … 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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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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Taking pause

Posted on August 20, 2019 by wonkydonkey

Tour de Fleece was a fun experiment in seeing how much I could spin if given the parameters within which to do so. I managed to spin at least a little on all but a couple days of the Tour; … Continue reading →

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