Okay, so I know that about 90% of the bloggers in the US have already commented on the high gas prices, but now it's my turn. I had 1/4 tank left 2 days, and I was hoping against hope that I could make it last long enough for the prices to start falling again. But such hope was not to last. After making a quick trip to Walmart and the teacher supply store, there was the little gas light on my dashboard, blinking for all it was worth. Rats... the first time I need to get gas in my new car, and it has to be at a time like this!
What will be even funnier (ten years from now) is the thought that crossed my mind while I was filling up. My first thought was to only get $5 worth of gas. I know I'm not THAT old... but I remember when $5 would hold you for a couple days. Nope. It got me just over 1 1/2 gallons. A day or two maybe, depending on how many errands I needed to run or how desperate we were for a "coffee" break during our classroom prep time at school. "Just enough to hold me" is gonna cost you $10 or $15 now... or maybe even $20 if you have a gas-guzzling Escalade. (Fortunately, I have an Element, not an Escalade!) Yuk!
Maybe I should have waited another 3 years to buy a new car, so I could pay another $10K just to get one of those gas-electric hybrid Accords with 50 miles to the gallon...
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