So tonight I was on the verge of empty once again as I hurried home from Class. My internal debate is always: Do I get gas tonight or wait until morning? It is THE toughest question of the day, by far. I started debating with myself in Oakland. Sometimes it gets to the point of: should I exit now to get gas because I am TOO low?
One of my scary adventures was a gas deprived night driving thru Oakland. I NEEDED gas ASAP. For whatever reason I had failed to look at the gas tank all day. So I exited somewhere off 880. No lights, no cars, strange people. I was supper scared, but I needed gas or else I wouldn’t make it home. This was one of the few nights I just put enough in to get home and scadadled out of there!
So tonight I was plagued with the same choice all over again. I calculated that I can MOST likely make it to Hayward. My car was chug chugging as I exited. But yet I still debated with myself.
Pro for getting gas at tonight is that it is over and done with and tomorrow is a fresh new day without a worry for the day before.
Con for getting gas at tonight: 1. It’s scary. 2. It takes away from resting, either sleeping that extra 5 minutes or just relaxing from the day. 3. I’ve just been in the car for 1 hour and to delay that more is painful!
Pros for getting gas in the morning: IT’s NOT NOW! =)
Cons for getting gas in the morning, I ALWAYS forget about it and end up running late to work.
So, my big decision tonight was to get gas before I got home so that I would have to worry about it in the morning because tomorrow morning I am going to go to the gym for the first time ever BEFORE work to see if that works with my craz-ah schedule.
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Been there and done that. I like to coast in neutral when I'm that low...probably isn't that safe though.
ReplyDeleteI use that trick too! =)
ReplyDeletealways store a gallon of gas in a jug and put it in your trunk
ReplyDeleteHi Jennifer! I had to do that once too! Somehow after you've been commuting for a while, you just forget to pay attention to the level of gas everyday! Luckily in my incident, I had to stop at San Mateo, not Oakland. After that experience, I always remind myself to check the gas level right after work, especially since there was a cheap gas station next to my work at that time. I think right after work is the best time -- not too early for you to miss work, and not too late that it's completely dark yet (at least in summer time). I'm glad you made it home alright though.
ReplyDeleteComment on Vincent...just make sure it doesn't leak! That happened to my sister and basically her back trunk is ruined! EVERYTHING smells forever.
ReplyDeleteGetting gas in the morning is the safest thing to do, but I understand that extra 5 minutes of sleep in the morning. Damn that snooze button.
ReplyDeleteHaha, remember that one time hella years ago when we were going to union city and your car ran out of gas on the freeway?? I always freak out when my gas is low cuz I remember that night...I'm traumatized. But like My said, maybe you should get it in the mornings, especially if it makes you feel safer, because if you risk it at night, you might get stuck in some scurry ass place, and in that case, you will definitely get less sleep, and you will definitely delay getting home by more than an hour. Or maybe you should just get it on your commute to school..then you won't have to wake up earlier, or go to work late...
ReplyDeleteI do remember that Carol! You'd think I would have learned from that. hahaha
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