...you forget to gas up before heading home. Now, you might think this isn't a big deal, but where we live, it is. After an afternoon of errands, grocery shopping, a visit to the library and early dinner, we left town at 5:15 PM and there was still light!
Hooray! The days are getting longer again!
Anyway, as my spouse and I were conversing, my brain finally made the connection that I forgot to gas up before leaving town. This is partly due to a change of routine in our shopping pattern, and partly due to being sick this week on top of writing report cards (there should be a law against teachers driving during report card season). We were already twenty minutes into the trip home (a one and a half hour drive in winter - one way), so the debate was, "Do we keep going and hope there will be enough gas for a return trip?" versus, "If we go off the road, will we have enough gas to keep the car warm until help comes?" The second comment was the deciding factor, so I turned the car around, drove us back into town, gassed up, and then we headed back home, in the dark, with blowing snow and reduced visibility. Thank goodness there were no deer or other creatures leaping onto the road during the trip home. From now on, the gas station is the first stop when we go to town, ...well, maybe the second...there's always time for Tim Horton's.
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