technical notes #8

well. things have gone well - overall- with this truck. i am consistently amazed at just how well. as i am driving i will sometimes look into my rearview mirror and feign fright thinking that my rear doors have blown off or that my window was ripped away or something of that nature. it hasnt happened yet. this fears are not

hey! its my truck!

completely unwarranted. but mostly.

when i look at the numbers below what i am most concerned about is money. for unemployment i was given about $4500 over six months. when i left i had about $2000 in savings. now i am down to about $1500 in savings, no unemployment left and some pocket money. so, i started with $6500, i have $1500 left and spent $1500 so far on gas. what the hell happened to that other $3500?

i would like to say food, but that certainly isnt the case. i only recently started spending money on food, since my foodstamps were canceled. this is something to ponder, i havent spent much (if any) money on tourist things, i have spent money on oil changes and a few other truck related things. i guess that most of it has gone to various bars and liquor stores. on that note, i havent drank any kind of alcohol for weeks. it is partly a conscious break and partly a money saving endeavor.

but that is neither here nor there. it is in the ether. i think i will start playing the lottery.

	current cycle	total trip
miles	1677	13628
gallons	75.2	573.8
dollars	192.1	1489.2
mpg avg	22.3	23.8
costpg avg	2.55	2.59
days	19	203