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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

I'm getting a hysterectomy in two weeks to treat severe endometriosis and so many people have asked me if this is actually a valid treatment and if I want kids. My specialist is one of the best in the country. If she says yeeting my uterus will prevent more endo surgeries and pain, I'm yeeting my uterus. I'm tired of this shit. I also have zero desire to be a parent to humans.

The world is so baby obsessed that the thought of removing a uterus to treat a debilitating disease is fucking unthinkable. My boss was like, "Have there been studies that show this surgery fixes this problem?" My boss's wife added, "what if you ever want kids?"

And I was like, "It's kinda hard for a uterus-based disease to continue if you don't have a uterus. My doctor is also one of the best specialists in this disease in the country and probably the world. I trust her. And if I ever want kids, I'll just adopt."

People get visibly and verbally disappointed when I say that I don't want kids. Fucking disgusting behavior. The only person that doesn't seem to give a shit that I don't want kids is my surgeon. She just wants me to not be in debilitating pain and accepts my word on the fact that I do not want children.

Like, I've been asked so much about kids in the past month, it's ridiculous. It's invaded my goddamn dreams at this point. I just want people to leave me the fuck alone. Just acknowledge the news of my surgery I'm telling you as a courtesy and fuck off. Please.

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

Oh wow! That's a crazy coincidence!

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.