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.

I had zero problems going off of gabapentin fwiw.