- Feb 5, 2002
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First of the month. Payday. Momma and I dropped the kid off at his workplace, and we headed off into the sunrise at about 0750. We had all sorts of stops to make and all kinds of stores to hit....spent a lot of money, but it was all on necessary items; what can I say?
We did manage to fill my truck up with gas at $2.99 a gallon in Grand Rapids; that was nice. Then we headed back, picked up the kid at his workplace at 1630, and came home. Stopped at Subway for sandwiches because Momma didn't feel like cooking. Once we unloaded all the groceries and other purchases, I parked my truck in the garage, and got out Momma's truck and drove into one of the little towns just to the west of us; filled her truck up at $3.02 a gallon....that was also nice. Most places around here are charging $3.40-something.
On the trip out to the gas station, it started to snow. It was cold all day today (wind was savage) but it didn't start spitting snow until after 1800 (that's 6 PM for you civilians). I pulled up to the pump and the hood was covered with graupel, that hard, pellety snow that almost looks like hail. It quit by the time I left to come home, but it was still the first snow of the season. There will be more to come, (sigh).
I also knew that Halloween was over, because all of the stores had Christmas trees and twinkling lights up already. (SMH) Oh well, that's capitalism, I guess. And now I think I'm finally tired enough to sleep, so I am off to the arms of Morpheus.
Good night, sweet dreams, and blessings to all here.
We did manage to fill my truck up with gas at $2.99 a gallon in Grand Rapids; that was nice. Then we headed back, picked up the kid at his workplace at 1630, and came home. Stopped at Subway for sandwiches because Momma didn't feel like cooking. Once we unloaded all the groceries and other purchases, I parked my truck in the garage, and got out Momma's truck and drove into one of the little towns just to the west of us; filled her truck up at $3.02 a gallon....that was also nice. Most places around here are charging $3.40-something.
On the trip out to the gas station, it started to snow. It was cold all day today (wind was savage) but it didn't start spitting snow until after 1800 (that's 6 PM for you civilians). I pulled up to the pump and the hood was covered with graupel, that hard, pellety snow that almost looks like hail. It quit by the time I left to come home, but it was still the first snow of the season. There will be more to come, (sigh).
I also knew that Halloween was over, because all of the stores had Christmas trees and twinkling lights up already. (SMH) Oh well, that's capitalism, I guess. And now I think I'm finally tired enough to sleep, so I am off to the arms of Morpheus.
Good night, sweet dreams, and blessings to all here.