Ouch!!

I've got a repetitive stabbing pain, in my derriere area!

Oh, wait a minute...nothing to be concerned about. It's just getting close to summer, so gas prices are shooting through the roof. I thought that sensation was oddly familiar....

Wow! I don't know about where you all live, but yesterday we had a substantial pump price hike, immediately on the heels of the last hike just a few days ago. Brace yourselves boys and girls, I think the oil companies are out to break records this year!

You have to respect that they will only raise prices because they can. As silly consumers, we tend to travel more at this time of year, so why not profit a bit from that?? Seems to me that they've taken a page from the government ("Your Money Is OUR Money"), and the only option we have left is to circulate all those e-mails boycotting certain gas stations on certain days. That has worked before, hasn't it??

I worry that this tactic will spread to other areas of my life. What if the ice cream companies learn how many Creamsicles I eat in the summer? They could double the price for July and August, and I'd be slipping a magnet into little Billy's piggie bank, to help sustain my habit!!

What if the Speed-o swimsuit manufacturers discover my recent ambitious plans to help "bring sexy back"?? I sweat like a yak, and the cost of those flimsy fabric lower-body snugglers are high enough already!!

So much to worry about, if you just allow yourself...

Chow for now!!