It's Come To This

With gas prices over $4 in our area, David and I made the mutual decision to have him spend the night up in Pana at least one night a week. You see, he's a teacher and in case you live under a rock, we don't make that much. We live a good 70 miles away from Pana which adds up to at least 700 miles a week being put on his car. He gases up at least two times a week at approximately $40 a re-fill. I, myself, don't live that close to my school either. I drive about 70 miles a day and gas up twice a week, too.

We spend quite the pretty penny on gas. We don't like it, but we deal with it. We've always joked that if gas got above $4.00 David would have to have a slumber party with his Pana co-worker and his family. His friend recently renovated his basement and they jokingly refer to it as "David's suite." Well, all joking aside, David is spending his first night away from home in his suite this school year.

This decision is not something we wanted to do--we kinda like each other's company ;-). But, we realize it's best for our pocketbooks and better for the environment, too. It's likely that I'll be shacking up with my family at the end of the week in GC to save money, too. The things we do...

We're making it work, begrudgingly. So it seems Niko and I will be up for random nights of watching the best reality drama tv can offer and working on school stuff. Trust me, I'm not the only one who's gonna miss Dave.

Check out the story the Suburban Journals did on David and some others about rising gas prices last year {his part is at the very end}.