$3.29

Usually I will get up at 8:15 am, get dressed, eat breakfast, and drive five minutes to work. Today, things were much the same, get up at 8:15 am, get dressed and eat. However, the drive was different. The way to the new job was only ten minutes more, but in a different world. There were no id cards swiped, no treks up and down hills to the car, and no one watching over my internet usage. It was an amazing day. I did good things as well. I worked to help the community, through various methods. It put a smile on my face. Not as big of a smile as I would have had if I had bought the gas I saw across the street for $3.29 instead of $3.39 everywhere else in town, but a big smile nonetheless.

I left for home at an usual time for me. It was still light outside and there were still many people driving, unlike the usual five minute drive home where I would be luck to run into three or four cars. The drive home gave me time to reflect upon my future in the community. A whole thirty minutes. It was pretty amazing how long it took to get three tenth of a mile down the road, almost 15 minutes. It took me only 15 to get 10 miles on the highway. Talk about a waste of gas. Too bad I didn't get that gas for $3.29.