Excel Excess

We celebrated my stepson's 15th birthday yesterday by me making him whoopie pies, his father taking him bouldering, and finally a birthday dinner at Kura Sushi. Virus Super-spreading, Automated Contrary to all pandemic logic, there was a FIVE HOUR WAIT at Kura yesterday.  Via their sub-mediocre app, you can get on a waitlist.  Your displayed wait time never decreases, but the number of people ahead of you waiting for a table does go down. We ain't even trying  to hang out in a COVIDful waiting area for 5 hours, so i chucked together a handy graph to predict exactly when our table would be ready! So we jumped in the car at 6:10! Now i know what you're thinking:  "Kristen, linear regression?!  Really?  This' clearly a job for logarithmic decay!"  Well, calm down.  The regressions were basically the same at predicting when our table would be ready, and i threw this together during boring scenes of Squid Game . Alright, see you in less than 2 years ho...

My previous job paid for my gas.  But i used my car for things other than work, like driving to my other job, or driving to interviews for new jobs.  So the gas that they paid for was kind of a bonus, and i wanted to know exactly how much it added to my total compensation package.  So... gas bonus = total spent on gas - cost of gas used for legitimate business travel ...and... cost of gas used for legitimate business travel = miles * price of gas / MPG of my Cavalier LS For my job, i traveled to and from various clients' houses all day.  So i threw together this little chart as a quick reference for the exact mileage getting from one place to another.

Have you ever said to yourself, "i should eat more fruits and vegetables...but Whataburger sure is great"?  Me too! Well, my mom bought my cat and i vitamins for Christmas, which i think is her way of saying i am unhealthy.  My Polish co-worker advocates eating primarily uncooked meats, and admonishes, "legumes are pretty much the worst thing you can eat."  Netflix keeps reminding me that everytime i eat a hamburger, i am LITERALLY RUINING THE WORLD.  And sad people in podcasts keep telling my passive ears that "exercise and eating right" will miraculously cure even clinical depression. One thing i can say though is that plants look awfully healthy.  So...i should eat more of them...or any of them!  You already know what a passion i have for finding and purchasing the cheapest food .  But how do i consume it all before it spoils, when i often am gone at work 14 hours a day!?  My recent acquisition of a refurbished juicer helps!  And this' w...