Man, my buddy went through the exact same thing last month. He was all in on his French press for years, but every cup had that thick sludge at the bottom and he kept telling himself it was "full bodied." Then his gf got him a cheap plastic dripper for like 8 bucks and he said the first cup honestly shocked him. Same beans, same grinder, but the taste was just way cleaner and he could actually pick out the flavors. The press is now sitting in his cabinet collecting dust and he won't shut up about it.

That dollar bill trick is brutal because you think your windows are fine until you actually test them, then it's like oh great, I've basically been cooling the whole neighborhood. My parents had the same issue with their place over on the west side, and when they finally checked, the bill slid through like it was going out a drive-thru window. Honestly the fact that your bill only dropped to $124 is wild, I'd have expected more savings with how nasty this summer has been. My buddy did his windows last year and said the first thing he noticed wasn't the bill, it was that his cooler actually shut off sometimes instead of running nonstop until midnight. Old single pane stuff in this town is basically a monthly donation to PNM.