This morning I filled up my gas tank and paid $3.19 a gallon. Being the anal person that I am, I keep track of how much gas I buy and how much it cost per gallon and per tank, etc. in this little notebook. My current notebook goes all the way back to Oct. 2002. In Oct. 2002, I was paying between $1.55 and $1.59 per gallon for gas. In less than 6 years, I'm now paying more than double for that same gallon of gas.
In 6 years, my salary hasn't doubled, which probably explains why I can't seem to make ends meet. I don't live high on the hog. I'm not spending tons of money on junk. Even though I love video games and books, I limit my purchasing of both. Whenever possible, I purchase my video games used (and I use my little percent off card to save even more money). Books are more of a downfall to me, but I usually don't purchase a book unless I've taken it out of the library and read it. I don't willy nilly invest in books, as it is more of a collection I have than books just to have them.
So, when I pumped my gas today and put $50.00 plus dollars in there, I just cried a little tear. That was two used video games or one autographed book going to get me to work.
What a waste.
God Bless
Top Of My Head
2 comments:
Ahh, perhaps it is time we start to look at how we live. Why do we commute so far? Why is public transportation so complicated? I have friends in Europe do you know that in most of Europe people have been paying over $5.00 a gallon for years? Maybe, just maybe we need to reexamine a few things. Companies need to hire from their immediate community first, telecommuting should be more common, and last but not least it should not take 3 hours to get from one place to another on public trans when it takes 40 minutes to drive there.
I can tell you why I commute so far. There aren't any jobs in my hometown that pay as well as jobs in Milwaukee do. Now, when I first started commuting to Milwaukee, it was worth the money -- very little was spent on transportation, but now, I'm spending twice as much and I'm thinking a pay cut to be closer to home just might be the ticket.
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