I wfh and I try to get up an hour before I have to clock in. Most days I end up waking up 10 minutes before I have to clock in and I’m wrecked the whole morning.

1910!

I bought it in 2022. It’s tiny but mine lol

This is exactly what I thought as going to answer. Fuckin LOVE sweet potatoes and onions

I’m getting major surgery in two weeks and I’ll be on short term disability for an entire month afterwards. I’m honestly really looking forward to the time off, even if it’ll be full of physical suffering. My burnout outweighs the physical trauma of having nearly all of my reproductive organs removed.

I’m so thankful my house came with a super old washer and dryer. They work so well. I had to replace the one vent hose thing for the dryer, but that’s because my cat thought she could sit on it and it ripped out of the wall when she landed on it.

Just solidifies my hatred of theaters even more lol

26, though idk when her birthday is exactly. I’m hoping to get her to 30.

Thank you. I’m hoping to get a few more years out of her. :)

I was hoping to be able to ride her, but she’s improving slower than anticipated, so I probably won’t get to ride her. But that’s okay. I’m happy as long as she’s happy.

As for her situation, it’s a lil weird and sad. Her owner doesn’t ever come to see her or anything. She just pays for the boarding fees and vet/farrier visits, and that’s it. Apparently she has a lot of personal issues that are preventing her from coming out. When I started volunteering at the stables last year, I was told that I could take Sandy out of her stall and brush her because nobody else does anything meaningful with her. There’s an old guy who lets her out to graze for a bit some days, but that’s not really enough interaction to make a horse happy. So I took it upon myself to treat her like the queen she is and make her old age great. She was close to feral when I started working with her. She had no idea how to be loved and had no manners. I was determined to change that and now she’s so happy and one of the better-behaved horses in the barn. I started her on a supplement for her weight and I schedule her farrier appointments and attend them. I can also attend any other appointments that she may need. I go out to see her at least 3x/week to at least say hi and give her a quick brushing. Her owner and I talk and she pays me back for everything I provide for Sandy. I’d offer to buy her, but the boarding fees are the only thing I can’t afford right now. If her owner ever can’t pay me back, that’s fine because the board is what I worry about. I have everything else covered if need be.

So I do exercises to keep her old muscles and joints moving. We do lunging (me making her walk and trot in a circle), I make her walk backwards, I make her stretch her neck in different ways towards treats, and if we have the space for it, I walk her over ground poles and weave through buckets. It isn’t super intense but it uses all the important muscles. She is very undermuscled and I’m trying to build a little back up on her. She’s also recovering being very underweight as well.

I try to exercise her at least once a week. She’s old enough and in poor enough shape, that if she were to get out of her routine, she’d end up deteriorating relatively quickly. Keeping her exercising will keep her healthy and she’ll live longer. She’ll never be super fit, but I’m trying to get her as good as she can be.

Thank you! My surgeon is really good, and I expect the surgery to go well. I am taking an entire month off of work to recover, so I’ll have more than enough time to heal

She has that effect on a lot of people once they see that she’s a good girl lol.

And thank you!

I’ve honestly been considering trying to find a race ar bed that’ll fit a queen size mattress.

Thank you!

I sure do love being a wage slave in the good ol US of A.

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Her needs were taken care of (food, water, shelter) but that’s it. She’s finally getting used to socializing again

I love that too. The first time I took a curry comb to Sandy, she hadn’t been brushed for years. She was just brown after me doing my best to clean her up for over an hour. Took so long for her to start looking better after grooming instead of worse.

Thank you so much! I love how she has her own little fanclub!

She was anxious of the hose at first but relaxed once the water started hitting her. She really is a pretty horse. Hoping to get some muscle on her so she doesn’t look as skinny and weird, but she might always look a bit rough in regards to her body shape because of her age and lack of exercise for 6 years. This summer is gonna be great for her. I’ll be introducing her to my mom and sister in July because I’ll be recovering from surgery and won’t be allowed to do horse stuff. My mom and sister said they’d take me out to see Sandy and do her exercises with her with my instructions.

I only wear bras when I’m going horseback riding or into the office for work. I have free tiddies any other time cause it’s comfier. There are a lot of people, usually gen X and boomers, who think women need to wear a bra all the time and not have the straps showing ever.