Let Summer Begin

Summer doesn't officially begin for another month yet but most of us consider Memorial Day weekend as the beginning of summer. Here in Minnesota we have had a very cool spring. We had snow several times in April and even once in May. The Memorial Day weekend was no exception. It did get very muggy on Saturday, leading to tornadoes. The nearby city of Hugo was hit, killing a 2 y.o. and injuring many. The next day it was back to 50 degree weather. I predict this summer will be similar to the summer of 1990. President Gorbachev visited Saint Paul that summer on the first Sunday of June. We stood in line to see him in our neighborhood. It was 28 degrees that day!! It was a very cool June and cooler than normal summer. This summer will be the same, in my opinion. Of course I'm not a climatologist but that is my prediction.

Gas here is up to $3.85.9 per gallon. So I will be mostly staying close to home this summer. My car required $1700+ in repairs earlier this month, followed a week later by a flat tire. Any money I had saved for a vacation is gone. I have a 2001 Taurus. I would trade it in but it only has 50,000 miles so I want to keep it for a few more years.

Why do gas prices always end in .9 cents? Nothing else is priced that way. I don't get it.

Tomorrow I test for the TSA, the folks doing security at our airports. If I make it through all the hoops I'd be working part time at the airport as a screener. I think it would be an interesting job.