gas prices

yes. i went there.

i went & filled up our truck today. to the tune of $79. (wasn't completely empty). and the attendant said "i have some bad news for you." and then i found out that right around the first of next month, gas will be going up to $4.97 a gallon. that's right, ladies & gentlemen, just under $5 a gallon. i mean, what? the reason why it is so high in the states is because of the all the taxes the government levies on the people in the name of new roads. **snort** new roads. AKA start-a-project-fork-up-traffic-more-than-lowcountry-traffic-is-normally-forked-up-leave-it-forked-up-for-2-years-while-4-people-hold-the-stop/slow-sign-&-everyone-else-works-at-the-rate-of-1-inch-per-hour-and-then-end-with-a-road-that-must-be-patched-in-2-weeks. (oops, sorry, i digressed) well...um...if our gas here has taxes on it, what are those taxes going toward? i'm a bit confused. if someone knows who i need to ask this question of to get a straight answer, please let me know because $4.97 a gallon? i'm gonna have to buy a new pair of tennis shoes instead. i see a lot of walking in my future.

as it was, after paying $79 to fill up the truck, i drove to the commissary & PARKED the truck, walked middlest & biggest to the movie theater, kept littlest & walked to the library, to the travel office, back to the truck, to the BX, back to the truck & into the commissary. we probably would have walked to the mail room but were running short on time. and this was in flip flops. i think i was in shock over the bad news.