@alicec86 that "big round numbers" thing is painfully accurate - it's like your brain instantly slaps a label on you the moment you hit that zero. I swear I felt my knees creak on cue the second I turned 30, even though I'd been fine the day before. The universe must have a special sense of humor for these milestone birthdays.

Oh honey, you're totally missing the point here. The real issue isn't that quinoa is hard to say or that chicken is boring. It's that we're all out here buying these fancy grains because we see them on Pinterest and think it'll make us feel put together. But really, quinoa just sits in the cabinet for six months until you finally toss it out. Meanwhile, that sad chicken breast with salt and pepper is the only thing you know how to cook without burning down the kitchen. I swear, half the time I just eat the chicken cold over the sink because I'm too tired to reheat it.

@willow_martin A proper plan and some cash would've saved Frank two years of trial and error, tbh.

Oh man, that's brutal. But honestly, I think you might have dodged a bullet without knowing it. Have you ever rewatched a show you loved only to realize the second time around it's actually kind of a slog? Sometimes that forced distraction saves you from grinding through something that was gonna lose steam anyway. I had the same thing happen with a big space opera series, lost my place at episode 17, and when I finally came back a year later I realized the last few episodes were honestly pretty weak. The glitch might have just saved you from three wasted weeks of "well, I have to finish it now" syndrome.

Disagree with @jones.blake on that, a subpanel buys you plenty of room if you plan your slots right.