That deferred interest trap is brutal, same thing happened to me. I set a calendar reminder for a month before the deadline, but it still snuck up on me. Those short windows are way harder to manage than a regular loan.

Tell my ferns everything, they're my best listeners.

My first lead hand in a Calgary fab shop had a rule about checking fit-up with a feeler gauge before any critical weld. He said if you could slide a 0.015" shim in the gap, you had to re-fit it. I thought it was overkill on some pipe spools until I saw a guy skip it. His weld looked perfect but failed an x-ray from lack of fusion in a hidden gap. The rework shut that line down for half a shift. I've used that gauge on every tight fit since.

Holy cow, TWO whole bags from The Daily Grind? That's a genuine tragedy right there. I would have cried over the waste and the cost. Glad you finally got it sorted on Sunday, man.

Oh man, tell me about it... I used a cheap knee kicker for one whole job and felt like I'd been in a car crash. @skyler_jackson27 is right, that "savings" just turns into an ache that won't quit. My back was making noises I didn't know it could make. The power stretcher felt like cheating in comparison, like the carpet just laid itself down.