Ooh I finally found the pretzel bagels at Costco tonight!

Sadly classes were not smooth. I ended up dropping both of them. One of the classes was apparently only 4 weeks long instead of the usual 8 weeks for summer term, which I didn't realize until a full week in. By then I was so far behind in both classes due to the overload of homework that I decided to just drop both and try again in the fall when classes are the normal length/pace of 10 weeks. So until then I'm using free online resources to review some of the material that I was struggling with, hoping to give myself a bit of a head start for fall.

I've also signed up for a small craft market and have gotten confirmation for a booth on Aug 8th, so I'll be busy prepping for that as well. I'm nervous about it, but hopefully it'll go well. Best of all, it's short (about 5 hours) and there was no booth fee, so I won't have to worry about making back a specific amount and it won't be quite as grueling as all-day markets.

Yes, Penzeys does run black friday sales and often has other smaller sales throughout the year, sometimes even sales on gift cards. Last time I purchased, they were running a sale on specific seasoning jars for $2 each. I think they often do that, but they rotate the type of seasonings that are included in the $2 sale. They also sell a lot of their seasoning blends in trial sized bags so that you can sample more things and find out what you like before you commit to a larger amount. If you ever decide to give them a try, here are a couple favorites I'd recommend (based on how frequently I use them): Mural of Flavor, Frozen Pizza Seasoning, Sandwich Sprinkle, Quebec Beef Spice, Ham Soup Base, Fox Point Seasoning. The soup base + fox point together makes such a delicious base for soup. I've never tried their other soup bases, but I'm so hooked on the ham base that I absolutely want to try the others sometime. Do you like to cook?

Hmmm being a trial store for the pretzel bagels would make sense. If so, I hope the trial went well enough that they'll launch them in other stores. I'd love to find them in mine.

It really wasn't even news, so I'm sure most people don't know about it. I would have no idea if I hadn't been looking for something else in the forums and gotten distracted. It was buried in an unrelated forum post ( https://subeta.net/forums.php/read/944514/The-new-Income-Collect-page/1 ) and hasn't been mentioned anywhere more public since then. Most of the gaming and/or art communities I've been a part of have been pushing back pretty hard against AI and outright rejecting games that have any AI-generated aspects, so it's no big surprise to me that he wants to keep it under wraps.

-hugs- you are welcome! <3

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!! Thank you soo much! <3 -hugs- <3

This is my first semester working toward a specific program, but I have taken a few other classes over the years.

Local parks are still great! I don't think Penzeys has any locations in WA yet, but they do have a storefront in Portland and several throughout other states. I usually just buy their stuff online when I see that they're having a sale. The one thing I always buy more of is "Mural of Flavor". We love to do a sheet pan of cherry tomatoes & red bell peppers roasted with a bit of olive oil, salt, and pepper, plus that spice. It's ridiculously delicious as a pasta sauce.

Yes, the burgers do go fast (and for good reason... they're delightful! lol). I still haven't seen the pretzel bagels at my location but I'll keep looking. Turning them into breakfast sandwiches sounds amazing.

I did get the chance to relax a little before classes! Class started yesterday and was a bit of a mess. Lots of tech problems on the first day, but hopefully it'll be more smooth going forward.

No worries about not being around much. I don't think I will be either. Looking at my class workload, I don't think I'll have much time for subeta either. I don't intend to renew my gold account, mostly because I do not support Keith's choice to use AI for the site. I especially don't support his choice to leave the info hidden in an unrelated forum post instead of being fully transparent with the entire playerbase. But regardless of all of that, I am certain that I just won't have time for subeta with class and everything else.