So many are doing the thing where they punish themselves by only eating things that are at best tasteless and and worst actively disgusting.

I am sure we all knew people who were extremely controlled and sheltered and who just had no guardrails when they got out on their own. It wasn't good!

We are getting more Sat-Sun-Mon and then there's another storm later next week. My garden is drinking it up.

I hate it SO MUCH.
I have likewise read it multiple times to see if I am missing something and no. It's definitely what I thought.

Us too, although it is sunny now!

It's true

I remember babysitting in around 1990 and realizing the kid hadn't been taught phonics as I tried to help him with homework. Taught him to sound out words and he thought I was a wizard.

I froze some extra filling for later, too!

I made this the other night with veggies odds and ends and frozen mash. It was delicious!

That sounds SO GOOD.
Congratulations!

I can hear them in my head

I mean, the Fast and Furious series has clearly decided that death is just temporary so why not Bond

They basically started the franchise over with Craig for heaven's sake, just do it again!

I really enjoyed it, everyone was COMMITTED.
Also completely besotted with Janelle.

Then your employer may have decided to change what they will pay. Or possibly the carrier increased the cost for their own reasons.

I don't know how big your employer is, but a few years ago when I worked somewhere smaller we had our insurer decline to renew us because we were not profitable enough and had to switch to a more expensive carrier because that's who would take us.

The marketplace costs are being shown as they probably already were calculated, but minus the subsidies available to many people. Turns out those made a big difference!
If this carries on I fully expect everyone's costs to go up as the numbers of uninsured people grows.

I can only speak for myself: my employer-provided premium cost is staying the same as 2024.
As I work in insurance, I can also surmise that employers have negotiated their plans with the carriers already, likely months ago, so the costs will be less reactive to the current situation.