Yay, sarameg! Enjoy your freedom!

TSA, I'm glaring at you

They were very nice to me this summer traveling with my expired license. She told me they wouldn't give me a hard time until it was expired a year. I was left thinking I must really look non-threatening.

I think cold water might be better, -t. Although leftover Halloween candy also sounds good.

DMV has always been a nightmare for me. I still don't get how, in many many places in this country, driving can be considered a privilege anymore when there's minimal public transportation.

It's almost down to room temperature, now. It was pretty hot when it got stuck. Maybe if I heat it up the inside will pressurize, but then it will be too hot to hold on to and try to unscrew the lid (how I got into this pickle in the first place). I'm really surprised the seal is that good, it's just a plastic lid on a mason jar, but it seems to be.

The candy was tasty but not satisfying (Snickers lies!). I think I will pick up some takeout on the way home to make up for my trouble.

-t, if you have one, you can use the tip of a bottle opener or something similar to pry the lid up just enough to let in some air, and then you can open it. I do this with pickle jars.

I don't have a bottle opener with me, although there might be one in the kitchen. I don't want to damage the lid, I use these lids all the time and losing one would be a hardship. If I can find a bottle opener I will attempt with great caution.

ETA: no luck. Found a can opener with a hook for bottles, but it doesn't fit under the lid

Timelies all!

Heading to Philcon after work tomorrow. Will pack after dinner.

Had a chat with someone today about a team I am considering joining, and now I'm more confident that I am qualified to apply for one of the open positions. I have some ideas on how to tweak my resume, too. I need to do that and schedule a follow up with hiring manager.

Maybe I will not have anxiety-induced insomnia tonight like I did last night.

Those sound like positive developments, shrift

Dang, that is a good seal, -t. Unfortunately.

but I was worried it would be too hot for my kids

Spoiler alert, it really, really is. I think it's probably lovely Hatch chiles blended coarsely with a scant few tomatillos and a bit of lime juice. It's pretty much chopped chile. And I would marry it. But it's not mild.

There a 75% chance I'm gonna come back to a mess.

I feel like this every time I take a day off when we aren't super, super closed. So far I've been right. Annoying but I am still making myself take some of these days off. Because the problems will still be there.

Ugh -t, what a pain!

Spoiler alert, it really, really is.

Thanks for the confirmation, Cass. It does sound yummy.