So this is something that is probably on everyone’s minds. I mean how can you not think about something like this when gas is over 4 bucks a gallon in some places. Thankfully it hasn’t gotten that high here in Arizona.
I recently took a trip to San Diego for the weekend with a friend of mine. The drive there takes us through Yuma, which is the last city before we crossed over to California. Luckily we filled the car at $3.79 a gallon before crossing the border. An hour from Yuma at the next gas station the cost jumped to $4.49 a gallon. I understand that it is in a different state but that is a major jump. My friend and I were able to stay at another friend’s house and we were driving a Prius, so we actually had a full weekend at about $100 each. We lucked out.
The reason why I have been thinking about this so much is because I will be driving home in June. Of course I will be driving my Xterra that gets about 275 miles to each tank (sad I know). At $3.79 it cost about $65 to fill my car. Now that is the best price I am going to see throughout the entire trip. It will most likely get to around $4.50 a gallon or more. The trip from Arizona to Pennsylvania is about 3,000 miles. I have done the math so many times, but it still makes my head spin every time. The math shows that I will be filling up my car about 11 times. So that’s 11 times an average of $70 coming to at least $770. That is so crazy to me that I will be spending that much in gas, in 1 week. Now that’s just gas money. I still have to ship my entire room home through U-Haul. That comes to about $1,400, and that’s the cheapest I found. Fortunately we are staying with friends all but 2 of the nights and my wonderful older sister is paying for the hotel in New Orleans. Then there is money for food. All of you that know me know that I do like to eat. Since we will be in 2 new cities I will be eating everything those cities are known for, I just can’t help it. So my grand total will come to $2,170 + food money. I know I’m throwing a lot of $ signs at you, but wow I think I may faint every time I calculate that out. And the amount always seems to rise because gas prices are rising.
So tell me again why I am leaving a guaranteed job here, spending that money and moving home. Oh yeah that’s right. All my amazing friends and family at home. Have a mentioned before how utterly happy I am about moving back home? I think I did maybe once : )
I mean I can complain all I want about gas prices but what good will that do me. I just have to deal and pay the money. Even though this is a large cost out of my pocket, it’s totally worth it.
Oh and by the way, update from the last post. My girls won the championship. We are officially ranked number 1 in the state of Arizona. That is a great feeling and I am so proud of my girls. Now what would make it so much better would be a bonus. Don’t the Super Bowl Champs earn extra money when they win?
