Ugh!

I just went out to lunch and gas went up another 20¢. It's $2.99 right now. I know you Coastal folk and foreign types are laughing, but that's a pretty big and sudden jump. It was $2.45 just on Sunday. It's only going to get worse while the refineries in the Gulf are down. I'm already spending about $200 a month in gas, just to get back and forth from work. Soon, I'm going to have to get a second job again, just to pay for my gas to my day job. No more road trips anytime soon, that's for sure.

Yes, I know there's people much worse off than I am. But it's my journal, and my whining is allowed. Plus, life still has to go on.

This just sounds awful, from WWL-TV Blog:
12:11 P.M. - Army Corps: Water has become level with the Lake in the city so no more water should flow into the city, except at high tide.

It's good that no more water will be pouring in, but I can't even possibly imagine how much water there already is. It's level with the Lake?!? I know the Lake level went down dramatically, since the water was all pouring out, but that's still alot of water and it's pretty deep. I don't care if I have to ride out on a skateboard. If I'm ever told to evacuate my neighborhood, I'm going. Dying in a cesspool of filth is not for me.

In other news, I got my review at work yesterday, and it was only three weeks late. That's not too bad. It just reinforced the fact that even though many days I sit here and do nothing, my boss still LOVES me. This is not a bad thing. Hopefully, my backpay and raise will be on my next check.

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1:20 P.M. - (AP) Mayor Ray Nagin says at least hundreds of people are dead -- maybe thousands -- in New Orleans. "We know there is a significant number of dead bodies in the water," and others dead in attics, Mayor Ray Nagin said. Asked how many, he said: "Minimum, hundreds. Most likely, thousands."

jeebus...