Wendy
@wendyrmonkey.bsky.social
Writer (find me at https://wendyrobinson.substack.com/), higher ed nerd, lover of Minnesota . Nothing I post here is meant to reflect any current/future/former employers… it’s all just me yapping
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The People You See at the Starting Line
and the odds that they'll beat me
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November 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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I’m on a flight that got moved on to a bigger plane than originally scheduled and the flight is only 50% full and everyone is so happy. It’s a fairly long flight too and my last flight after many weeks of work travel, so this is a nice way to wrap up work travel for the year
October 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I’m on a flight that got moved on to a bigger plane than originally scheduled and the flight is only 50% full and everyone is so happy. It’s a fairly long flight too and my last flight after many weeks of work travel, so this is a nice way to wrap up work travel for the year
I know there is so much discussion of how to help food banks/pantries right now (and that is good, we need to take care of people) but as someone who used to supervise a food pantry, let me just make another small plea: setting up a recurring monthly cash donation is SO HELPFUL to those places
October 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I know there is so much discussion of how to help food banks/pantries right now (and that is good, we need to take care of people) but as someone who used to supervise a food pantry, let me just make another small plea: setting up a recurring monthly cash donation is SO HELPFUL to those places
I’ve never smoked weed (or had an edible or anything else) but I’m in favor of pot legalization.
That being said, going places where it smells constantly like weed tests my conviction a bit.
This post brought to you by the smell in my hotel hallway
That being said, going places where it smells constantly like weed tests my conviction a bit.
This post brought to you by the smell in my hotel hallway
October 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I’ve never smoked weed (or had an edible or anything else) but I’m in favor of pot legalization.
That being said, going places where it smells constantly like weed tests my conviction a bit.
This post brought to you by the smell in my hotel hallway
That being said, going places where it smells constantly like weed tests my conviction a bit.
This post brought to you by the smell in my hotel hallway
I really need to escape this hotel tomorrow and see the ocean
October 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I really need to escape this hotel tomorrow and see the ocean
I’ve been in LA for over 24 hours and haven’t seen a single celebrity.
I’m starting to think that maybe an education conference at the airport hotel isn’t quite the celeb hotspot I was led to believe it might be.
I’m starting to think that maybe an education conference at the airport hotel isn’t quite the celeb hotspot I was led to believe it might be.
October 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’ve been in LA for over 24 hours and haven’t seen a single celebrity.
I’m starting to think that maybe an education conference at the airport hotel isn’t quite the celeb hotspot I was led to believe it might be.
I’m starting to think that maybe an education conference at the airport hotel isn’t quite the celeb hotspot I was led to believe it might be.
I woke up for the day at 4am central time.
I took an accidental two hour nape from 11am to 1pm pacific time
I worked out at 8pm pacific time and I have no idea when I’m be able to fall asleep tonight because I am currently WIDE AWAKE and still haven’t had dinner.
My internal clock is a mess
I took an accidental two hour nape from 11am to 1pm pacific time
I worked out at 8pm pacific time and I have no idea when I’m be able to fall asleep tonight because I am currently WIDE AWAKE and still haven’t had dinner.
My internal clock is a mess
October 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I woke up for the day at 4am central time.
I took an accidental two hour nape from 11am to 1pm pacific time
I worked out at 8pm pacific time and I have no idea when I’m be able to fall asleep tonight because I am currently WIDE AWAKE and still haven’t had dinner.
My internal clock is a mess
I took an accidental two hour nape from 11am to 1pm pacific time
I worked out at 8pm pacific time and I have no idea when I’m be able to fall asleep tonight because I am currently WIDE AWAKE and still haven’t had dinner.
My internal clock is a mess
Global climate change is bad for so, so many reasons (duh), but I'm not sure we complain enough about the fact that it means I'm still having seasonal allergies in freaking OCTOBER.
October 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Global climate change is bad for so, so many reasons (duh), but I'm not sure we complain enough about the fact that it means I'm still having seasonal allergies in freaking OCTOBER.
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This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
October 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
Airports may truly be the most “well, it’s five o’clock somewhere” of places
October 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Airports may truly be the most “well, it’s five o’clock somewhere” of places
If your Cybertruck is your therapist, I hope you are single and alone forever
October 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
If your Cybertruck is your therapist, I hope you are single and alone forever
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Meet the Mayor of Smug Town
And some Sunday Suggestions
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October 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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I hate working out in the morning but i woke up earlier than I needed to (time zone challenges) and went to the hotel gym at 6am. Gonna be vaguely smug about this for the rest of the day.
October 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I hate working out in the morning but i woke up earlier than I needed to (time zone challenges) and went to the hotel gym at 6am. Gonna be vaguely smug about this for the rest of the day.
Spending time with a dear friend who lives far away and it is so, so good for my soul. I also just realized that we’ve passed the tipping point and can now say that we’ve known each other for more than half our lives
There is real good stuff in friendships that span all of the phases of adult life
There is real good stuff in friendships that span all of the phases of adult life
October 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Spending time with a dear friend who lives far away and it is so, so good for my soul. I also just realized that we’ve passed the tipping point and can now say that we’ve known each other for more than half our lives
There is real good stuff in friendships that span all of the phases of adult life
There is real good stuff in friendships that span all of the phases of adult life
High school sports can really break a parent’s heart (and players too, of course)
October 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
High school sports can really break a parent’s heart (and players too, of course)
I’ve never straightened my kids’ hair and I don’t plan to… but i’m guessing his hair would be halfway down his back if I did.
(His hair is so gorgeously curly and I love it so much)
(His hair is so gorgeously curly and I love it so much)
October 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I’ve never straightened my kids’ hair and I don’t plan to… but i’m guessing his hair would be halfway down his back if I did.
(His hair is so gorgeously curly and I love it so much)
(His hair is so gorgeously curly and I love it so much)
I've signed myself up for a 5K in November and a 10K in May. I've done one 10K in my whole life and that was 20 years ago so I'm beyond rusty but I do like having a goal to shoot for. Here's hoping my middle aged knees and cranky feet don't fail me this winter.
October 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I've signed myself up for a 5K in November and a 10K in May. I've done one 10K in my whole life and that was 20 years ago so I'm beyond rusty but I do like having a goal to shoot for. Here's hoping my middle aged knees and cranky feet don't fail me this winter.
Sometimes you scroll the news for a few minutes and can’t help but wonder exactly how much coke is floating around the White House and Pentagon at this very moment
October 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Sometimes you scroll the news for a few minutes and can’t help but wonder exactly how much coke is floating around the White House and Pentagon at this very moment
The longer I work in higher ed the more convinced I become that private student loans are the devil
September 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The longer I work in higher ed the more convinced I become that private student loans are the devil
New post and I'm fired up about this one: collegesanity.substack.com/p/the-plight...
The Plight of the "Generically Spectacular"
Observations from the world's largest gathering of college admissions counselors
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September 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
New post and I'm fired up about this one: collegesanity.substack.com/p/the-plight...
I ordered some Bombas on August 28th and they still haven't shipped. I'm never getting these socks, right?
September 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I ordered some Bombas on August 28th and they still haven't shipped. I'm never getting these socks, right?
I am in meeting #6 of #10 today and I am about to eat my own arm off. Very grateful for my sweet husband who is bringing me lunch soon.
September 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I am in meeting #6 of #10 today and I am about to eat my own arm off. Very grateful for my sweet husband who is bringing me lunch soon.
Last day of my work trip, so hotel room breakfast today was remnants of a bag of kettle corn, last of a bunch of grapes, watermelon lime Olipop, and 1/3 of a Tony's Chocolonely sea salt caramel chocolate bar.
I regret nothing.
I regret nothing.
September 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Last day of my work trip, so hotel room breakfast today was remnants of a bag of kettle corn, last of a bunch of grapes, watermelon lime Olipop, and 1/3 of a Tony's Chocolonely sea salt caramel chocolate bar.
I regret nothing.
I regret nothing.
Reading another story about someone falling for a phone scam and I truly think that my best defense for scam prevention is that I simply will not answer my phone*
*there are mayyyyybe 10 people I make an exception for + the school nurse line
*there are mayyyyybe 10 people I make an exception for + the school nurse line
September 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Reading another story about someone falling for a phone scam and I truly think that my best defense for scam prevention is that I simply will not answer my phone*
*there are mayyyyybe 10 people I make an exception for + the school nurse line
*there are mayyyyybe 10 people I make an exception for + the school nurse line
Watching old Housewives episodes while alone in a hotel bed (heaven) and have decided my favorite kind of Housewife fight is when one of them gets righteously mad about someone else talking behind her back…. as though that isn’t basically the #1 job responsibility to be on a Bravo show 😂
September 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Watching old Housewives episodes while alone in a hotel bed (heaven) and have decided my favorite kind of Housewife fight is when one of them gets righteously mad about someone else talking behind her back…. as though that isn’t basically the #1 job responsibility to be on a Bravo show 😂