What to Write

Hello,

It is tough to write when the day seems so ordinary. How do newspaper columnists do it?

I will have to say that I lost the gas lottery today. Did you know there is such a thing? Maybe you call the wildly changing prices something else. Most of the time I just get gas when the tank is registering low. It is too hard to know the best price that might be coming. Because I had less than a quarter of a tank and the price, at $3.31 was the lowest I had seen in some time it seemed prudent to fill up yesterday. Now today when I was out and about I saw a station with $3.17 posted. How could it drop like that? But then in another neighborhood gas was $3.25. Just get gas when you need it and forget the price.

At least with certain other merchandise if I make a mistake I can exchange. For instance I wanted to get some vitamins for seniors. When I got home I realized that I had younger people vitamins. That would never do. Who knows what might happen? We might start to act like a 30 year old. At least that I could easily exchange for the appropriate age dose.

One of the stores gives credit for walking. I think I earn about two cents per mile. But the real gain is in my physical and mental health. It is so nice to be out in the spring and see what else is blooming. This year, however, it is slow so not much discernible changes from day to day.

I might even throw away some food. I guess it could be called food. It is low fat mayo dressing. I have used it twice now and do not feel good after eating it. Leroy is urging me to get rid of it. He knows how hard that concept is for me. I wish I knew someone around here who might like such stuff. Is it that high fructose corn syrup I saw listed in the ingredients? One son-in-law will not eat declaring that it makes him unwell.

Paula