People Laughed

It used to be that we looked for the best gasoline prices around. Now we look for stations that have gasoline.

Ingles grocery store had gas for the first time in weeks on Friday, but it is closed again, as is the station down the street from it. I found gas in Clyde, a small town about eight miles from here, when I went to pick up my prescriptions. I still have about a half a tank so I am holding out, hoping for lower prices and also letting those who really need it, have it.

They say that as soon as the stations get some gas, people race out and buy it all up until it is gone.

I am concerned about this winter, too. My apartment is heated by propane. I have purchased an alternative that is supposed to supplement heating and if it is possible, will not use the propane at all. My son collects scrap wood all year and uses it to heat his home most of the winter.

People laughed at me when I bought my hand push lawn mower last year. It has been very useful this year.

I have a feeling that this is just the begining. We are up in the mountains where things have been more expensive in the past, but available. Now, with one thing after another, they are not even that.