$5/gallon

A few months ago I read a prediction that the price of gas in the US would reach $5 per gallon by October. Looks like it got there a month early; $5/gallon gas has been reported in a number of states in the last day or so.

Tuesday was a shocker. Teri drove up to pick me up in Boston. As she passed the Cumberland Farms store down the street, which is usually fairly cheap for gas, she noticed that the price per gallon was $2.72. When we drove back that evening, it was $3.03. The next day it was $3.13. A 41-cent hike OVERNIGHT.

In Dedham on the way down, we passed a gas station that was ALWAYS the cheapest place for gas, by far. Not this time: it was $2.95, and I was shocked.

We ended up finding a place selling gas that night for $2.62. You can bet that I filled up the tank, although we couldn't afford it. The next day they were over $3.

I really wonder what this is going to do to the economy. I don't see how the poor and middle-class will survive much more of this.

But I'm sure George W. Fucking Bush isn't having any problems sleeping at night. After all, we the people are paying for his gas. And his war. And his month-long vacations.

How much longer can this go on?

Sebastian has a new song about throwing Bush in the trash. I have no idea where that came from - really. I try not to talk politics to Sebastian, although of course he knows that I think that Bush is a bad person.

$5/gallon

A few months ago I read a prediction that the price of gas in the US would reach $5 per gallon by October. Looks like it got there a month early; $5/gallon gas has been reported in a number of states in the last day or so.

Tuesday was a shocker. Teri drove up to pick me up in Boston. As she passed the Cumberland Farms store down the street, which is usually fairly cheap for gas, she noticed that the price per gallon was $2.72. When we drove back that evening, it was $3.03. The next day it was $3.13. A 41-cent hike OVERNIGHT.

In Dedham on the way down, we passed a gas station that was ALWAYS the cheapest place for gas, by far. Not this time: it was $2.95, and I was shocked.

We ended up finding a place selling gas that night for $2.62. You can bet that I filled up the tank, although we couldn't afford it. The next day they were over $3.

I really wonder what this is going to do to the economy. I don't see how the poor and middle-class will survive much more of this.

But I'm sure George W. Fucking Bush isn't having any problems sleeping at night. After all, we the people are paying for his gas. And his war. And his month-long vacations.

How much longer can this go on?

Sebastian has a new song about throwing Bush in the trash. I have no idea where that came from - really. I try not to talk politics to Sebastian, although of course he knows that I think that Bush is a bad person.

Medical update

I just went to the doctor for my one-month followup appointment. I've been taking Atenolol for one month now for borderline-high blood pressure.

It wasn't terribly high before; 150/94. But the 'normal' standard has been lowered, so my doctor put me on Atenolol, which is a beta blocker.

So they checked me today. I've lost a few pounds, and my blood pressure is 130/84. Which is, according to my doctor, great.

She was able to give me a printout of a graph of my blood pressure going back to 8/31/1988, almost EXACTLY 17 years ago. On that date, my blood pressure was...130/90.

I feel good.

Medical update

I just went to the doctor for my one-month followup appointment. I've been taking Atenolol for one month now for borderline-high blood pressure.

It wasn't terribly high before; 150/94. But the 'normal' standard has been lowered, so my doctor put me on Atenolol, which is a beta blocker.

So they checked me today. I've lost a few pounds, and my blood pressure is 130/84. Which is, according to my doctor, great.

She was able to give me a printout of a graph of my blood pressure going back to 8/31/1988, almost EXACTLY 17 years ago. On that date, my blood pressure was...130/90.

I feel good.

Lucky

Tonight I went out to my D&D game. Sebastian was sad when I told him that I had to go out tonight after dinner - in fact, he said "I'm very sad!" - but I told him that when I came home I would give him some kisses while he was sleeping.

So he said "I'm going to keep my eyes open until you come home, and give you a big hug!".

I just came home. He's asleep, of course. In my bed next to Teri, with a space for me on the other side. You can't imagine how sweet my baby boy looks.

I'm so lucky.

Lucky

Tonight I went out to my D&D game. Sebastian was sad when I told him that I had to go out tonight after dinner - in fact, he said "I'm very sad!" - but I told him that when I came home I would give him some kisses while he was sleeping.

So he said "I'm going to keep my eyes open until you come home, and give you a big hug!".

I just came home. He's asleep, of course. In my bed next to Teri, with a space for me on the other side. You can't imagine how sweet my baby boy looks.

I'm so lucky.