LaunchesKayaks @ LaunchesKayaks @lemmy.world

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What a time for me to realize that my position in my job is no longer stable. I asked for a raise in return for getting certs they want me to have off the clock and suddenly my bosses aren't cool anymore. Place got real shitty real fast when I was like, "Hey, I'll do this shit you want off the clock if you pay me more during work hours"

They literally laughed in my face and now tensions are high between management and the employees that aren't happy here. I'm going on medical leave for 4 weeks starting next Thursday and I'm terrified they'll realize they can manage without me in that time and fire me for some bullshit when I come back

Girl dinner

But where can I get the LEGO pipette.

Never understood how so many people just blindly stood and recited and the pledge in school. I stopped after 5th grade when I started to realize how fucked the system is

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

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.

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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