It’s called slow down my schedule and plan for some exercise

Hi, it’s now spring 2008.  I fell off the planet for a long time.  I don’t work in the city anymore, I’m up in a northern suburb.  But I live in the city now!  which is cool.  it’s a nice house, nice apartment.

And gas prices are rising.  Rising like crazy.  I “overheard” someone on facebook last month writing on their brother’s wall about wanting an SUV and everything but sadly reconsidering due to gas prices.  I wanted to yell.  I think SUV’s are dumb for about 90% of the owners.  You live in suburbia, you go to blan job about 10 miles away… seriously, you don’t need an SUV.  I have a friend that yells at people in their SUVs when he’s driving.  I agree!!!!

So now that I have seen my first gas price sign that says 4.099 for super duper gas, and because my boyfriend has braved the biking to and from our apartments (probably 7ish miles) and figured out it takes about 40-50 minutes, I’m making this statement (and hope that I have the spine to stick to it)

$4.00 a gallon for unleaded and I swear on my life (and death because I’m really out of shape and anything I do is like 5-7 miles away from me) that I will bike to most places: i.e. work and church and stuff.  because I don’t want to “afford” $4 for 87 gas.  and I don’t want to budget for it because it’s out of control and I’m going to stop supporting Gasoline.

I won’t necessarily agree that the prices are out of control and need to be lowered. there could be a strong argument for that because its the fuel we use for everything in our Global market.  But I say it’s out of control because it’s a substance, a fuel that we’re dependent on.  and in this global supply and demand chain that’s what we get when things go crazy, higher prices.  So in leu of the commanlity of alternative energies (yes plural on purpose) I’m going to make my own alternative energy when my spending on gas is toooo much.

So, $4 for the low grade stuff and I’m off to saddle sore land!!!