In the nick of time

Yesterday morning I went to Fort Wayne for my blood testing appointment and on the way home I pulled into a gas station that was advertizing $3.17 a gallon. I filled up. When I left I noticed the sign jumping to $3.54. YES!

Yesterday afternoon I took others to Fort Wayne for appointments and on the way there – on Anthony Blvd, where Concordia has its stadium on one side of the road and the the school on the other – teens were lined up to cross the street from practice. They watched the traffic and took off when the going was good. One pair of guys, though, walked right out in front of me and I had to stomp on the brakes. Later I discovered this jolt had caused a gas can in the trunk to fall over and start leaking. That ‘later’ was when we came out from the appointment and got in the car to drive home. Hot day but the windows were open.

I have been researching ways to deal with this. Each article cautions not to use a match. Okay. Makes sense. But there are no really good suggestions so I will be experimenting . . . I hope I just don’t get the spark of an idea. GROAN.