This is unbelievable~

its to the point where we plan every outing. if there is something I can do in that area, but maybe its an hour later? I park and wait. Like if I'm at the office for a meeting and its like 1:00 when I get done, I will stay until 3:30 to pick STW up instead of coming home like I would normally. I m trying to cut out ALL unnecesary trips.

[pearl]

maybe i'm lucky with my current job afterall. i have a company car. in '06 i unloaded my minivan and got a toyota corolla, gets 33 city and 40 hiway.
now that warmer weather is here i'll start bicycling to the grocery again for those little things...

the thing is, I do get a gas allotment. It is suppose to cover all gas and maitenance. However it dosent even come close anymore. I'm bitter!

Its times like these that make me miss my job at the insurance company...I had a company car and ALL of my gas and maintenance was paid for!

I heard that gas is going up because the oil companies are no longer getting the tax breaks they once did, so they are passing their new taxes on to us. Good ole Bush, at it again. Hey, there's a recession, so lets do something that will make the average American even worse off! And to think, people wanted to impeach Clinton because he got around. At least he wasn't stupid as s***.

Anyway, I have been taking the bus once again. On top of the gas price hikes, the wonderful City of Seattle has stripped downtown of ALL free parking. $12 a day to park to go to work? That's insane!

We are about $3.15 a gallon here, give or a take a few cents. It's horribly expensive anymore, and I drive a small car. Usually the bf takes the bus to work and I'll just pick him up at the bus station. Any little bit helps. I'm dreading the 45 minute drive to school this summer. I'll be putting a serious dent in my budget.