Found Gas!

Since we are going through the crazy gas shortage, this Sunday morning we woke up and headed out on our gas adventure. The goal was to find a station with gas before our car ran out of it. We drove past two stations with no gas, and one with a crazy long line. Then as we were heading north we saw a tanker filling up the Chevron station. We quickly pulled in to secure our spot, three back from the pump ($4.08/gal). Normally this gas crisis brings out the worst in people with lots of honking and arguments, but this morning the guy parked in front of us ran into the station and bought coffee for daddy and I while we all waited in line. Then we chatted until the pumps were full which took around 20 minutes. It was so nice to see people being cordial to each other. He wouldn't accept any money for the coffee and said his dad owns one of the Dole pineapple plantations, so I figured we'd pay it forward and buy some more Dole products when we go grocery shopping today.

Little bug patiently sat in her car seat the whole time, watching everyone sit in line waiting for gas and I taught her to say "drama"! Then since we had one car filled up, daddy raced back out with the other car that was dangerously low in gas and found a Costco station that had just been refilled at $3.97/gal. So crisis avoided for our household. Both cars are full, and we can both go to work this week without worrying about being stranded without gas.