April 10, 2009. 100th day of the year. Am I better off now than 100 days ago. I think so. I'm definitely a happier person than 100 days ago.

I've been thinking about random Cleveland things. The price of gas fluctuates more in Cleveland than any place else I've ever been. On a random normal day, the price of gas at a gas station changes 5 - 10 cents. I'm serious. I can drive to work and pas the gas station on the corner by work and it will cost $1.97. On my way out of work on the end of the day it will cost $2.08. It bizarre. And it does this on a daily basis. Sometimes going up, sometimes going down. But always fluctuating.

There are two gas stations on different sides of the street by work. They both are always the same price, never more than 1 cent apart. One has an electronic sign, and the other has a normal sign where the numbers must be replaced by hand. I feel sorry for that guy.

And gas in Cleveland can have a ten to fifteen cent swing in just a few blocks of driving. The drive home from work (of which I had my last day before a new job today) takes about twenty minutes. Gas is low around me, get more expensive about two miles on the drive, lowers again, and raises again, all in twenty minutes of driving. It is bizarre and weird and I never feel like I'm getting a good deal on gas because I figure in a few hours it could be ten cents lower (even though its cheaper here than Buffalo).