Drying out

[altivo]

I think the rains have finally stopped. Figures, since today was my last vacation day. Back to work on Monday. Unless I've counted wrong, we've had 3.75 inches of rain this week. It rained every day and every night, though the sun peeked through for brief flashes now and then.

For various reasons, like sitting around waiting for a phone call that was scheduled and didn't happen, today wasn't real productive. I did go get some groceries, and filled my gas tank since the price is back down to $2.57 in Marengo. Less than it was a year ago, but more than a dollar higher than the low it hit at the beginning of this year. We were as low as $1.44 or less at that time.

I was up at 3:30 this morning and never got back to sleep, so I'm going to try to go to bed shortly. Gary will get back from Indiana in the morning, but then Sunday has to go to a wedding in Downer's Grove. We'll probably skip the Horsefest, as it keeps getting smaller and more disappointing every year anyway.

Finished up The First Book of Lapism this afternoon. I'll be writing a longer review of it yet this weekend, but I give it at least 4 stars, maybe even 5. Definitely worth reading. Author Phil Geusz definitely has deep insights into human nature and behavior as well as furry fans and their culture. His peripheral glimpses of the Christian churches in America are also spot on, in my opinion.

Comments

[frith]

$2.57? LOL! Here in the land of good health gas is about $4.40 a gallon, or maybe more like $4 a gallon after taking into account the exchange rate.

[altivo]

Yeah, I know our prices are artificially low. But the economy here is so tied to them that letting them rise to a more natural level would be a disaster unless it were carefully planned and things done to compensate for it. Actually, prices in this area are higher than in much of the US most of the time. A year ago we were paying 4.11 USD per gallon, but prices slid in the economic collapse last fall until they bottomed out at around 1.44 USD. They've been climbing slowly since then, but seem to be dropping now. This summer's peak price was "only" 2.89 as compared with 4.27 in the summer of 2008.

[lobowolf.livejournal.com]

We're getting the rain you just had. :( Normally, I don't mind the occasional rain, but it's rained constantly for 4 months in a row.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Really? We had quite a hiatus in July, with everything turning brown and dry, and the ground starting to crack and harden. Certainly, we're slogging through mud again this week, though.