I wrote a giant 5-figure check for our car, and I was a little shocked it was that easy. Like, if I'm giving you $30K, don't you want it as a certified check at the very least? But apparently no. I can just write a personal check like I'm paying for Girl Scout cookies (which are almost as expensive as a new car) and they give me a car in exchange. Very weird experience.

I'm self aware enough to know that timed puzzle solving would hit my anxiety buttons.

Escape rooms would hit my anxiety buttons AND my extremely-competitive-oh-god-I-HAVE-to-win buttons at the same time. That is a terrible combo. So no escape rooms for me.

I can just write a personal check like I'm paying for Girl Scout cookies (which are almost as expensive as a new car) and they give me a car in exchange. Very weird experience.

It would be perfect if the Girl Scout cookies came with the new car, check or no check. ::nods::

Yeah, I think I'll pass, also, Tep. Also, I'm in a wheelchair. If I really want to feel like that, I'll pretend to use your bathroom. ETA: context and stuff.

Congrats on the new job, Amy! I hope it is fabulous.

Team meeting over. Regular workday tomorrow, then smaller strategy meeting Thu-Fri. Then delayed Christmas with La Familia, then I head home!

Gabapentin still doing the job. Am positive-thinking my way into this pain being all gone by next week so I can taper off. Let's all just assume that will be the case, shall we?

My office did an escape room - three teams of staff, each in a different room - and I discovered I'm not good at them. However, I did discover that I was the only person on staff who knew that the safe is always behind the picture on the wall.

COngrats on the new job, Amy! I hope it works out well.

Yay gabapenton!

Boo head cold, Debet! But yay saying hi!

last time I had it on autopay ConEd stole accidentally charged us $10k

Yikes! That’s basically why I only have a couple bills on autopay, ones that should be the same every month. I worry something like that would happen and also worry they’d charge me double or something and I wouldn’t notice for six months or something! Having to go in and manually pay it is probably more trouble than it’s worth but it’s my monthly “oh wait, how much am I spending?” check on myself.

I did discover that I was the only person on staff who knew that the safe is always behind the picture on the wall.

Yay, Todd! Although it is a bit surprising no one else knew that...

I just licked the brownie batter bowl so thoroughly I am clearly destined to die of salmonella, but it was SO worth it.

Thanks for the good wishes on the job!

I'm all hopped on brownie batter, I know, but one link: [link]

Cute cottage/house, but ... why are the walls black in every room? (They are relieved by white under the chair rail or whatever, but still.)

Also I have forgotten how to neatly format links. Apologies!

Now if escape rooms had a bar and a live camera feed so you could watch the people in the room, I'd send Mr. Loomy into one and watch the chaos.

This? This I wanna watch. With a cocktail.