Got rid of a bit of garage clutter today

 I need to note this, and give myself a pat on the back because the garage is very cluttered with stuff mom and dad had accumulated.   The 3 feed bags of stuff I put in the dumpster, and wire crate that I put wood scraps in and took out to the burn barrel being gone is hardly noticeable for the clutter that is still there.  But what I got rid of is gone forever.   I whiffed on no phone games today but I did get my trailer ready to go tomorrow, except I need to get some hay in it for Taj and Abe.

Tomorrow farrier comes at 8 am, then I told my riding buddies I would meet them at 11:30 am where F boards her horse.   I need to make myself a sammich to take to eat.  Probably I will just use the watermelon elyte powder I got at the convention raffle and throw in some cheese sticks and a sweet salty bar plus large water bottle.   I am going to have to get up right away when my alarm goes off so I can be ready when farrier gets here.   Feed at least the mini's early and lock them in the alley so they are easier to catch, maybe pre-halter them, get my camelback filled etc etc.   

Monday I have to renew my DL.    

Sheesh, do menapausal women make younger gals more fertile?

First my friend B,  her kid just turned a year old.  Then neighbor L that was helping me with dad and then with cleaning 1x/week, her baby will be 1 year old in March.   Today I hopped on FB after my ride with the new riding buddy I have been hauling to trailheads cuz she doesn't have a p/u and trailer and saw she had posted an ultrasound, baby is due in June.   None of these was a planned pregnancy.   

Neighbor and her DH did want to have a kid sometime but were not trying at the time.    B had been trying to find a guy she wanted to marry and have kids with pretty much since I met her, but E was not expected, B had told me she had decided to just raise E on her own "because dad is a good man but we would fight about how to raise E", although  E's "other grandmother" was at E's bday party along with B's parents so perhaps B is involving dad somewhat now.    

New riding buddy F, has a boyfriend,  perhaps now will marry him.  I had not seen the FB ultrasound post when we were driving to the TH and back today and she did not mention it.   I guess she is not going to be trying to do endurance this summer.  That's cool,  her mare is a good trail horse but I don't think CAN do endurance pace, especially for 25 miles.   F was then going to buy a pony her barn owner can't use for lessons cuz pony is ornery and bucks if he decides something is too much work, but pony decided longer faster riding (endurance) is also too much work when we went to ride in Nebraska where I met Abe and decided I wanted to buy him.  F certainly can't mess with bucking pony while pregnant.   

Days like today I'm halfway rooting for DOGE to yank my orgs funding

 Nothing like trying to get shit done, even though I feel like the big boss is blocking me from merit raise or promotion, and getting radio silence when I make a request for something I need group action on on a Friday afternoon and its radio silence because everyone started their weekend early.    

 Of course I could risk my ego,  thinking "oh they'd fall apart if I just quit suddenly" and actually quit.  But I still like most of these people and don't want to put them in a bind.   My supervisor especially I feel would be at risk of a breakdown, she is already doing a bunch of extra stuff.   They wouldn't just fall apart, not right away,  some folks that are coasting a lot would probably step up , some that are already working pretty hard would work even harder and hope big boss got off his wimpy ass to fill the position quickly.