A few weeks ago I did something uncharacteristic for me. I ran my
vehicle recently to a point where the empty alert light came on.
I'm a "VIP" with our grocery store and we had built up enough points
for $0.60 off per gallon of gas to maximize our savings when I fill my
truck up with gasoline so I drove around for three days watching the
fuel gauge to get closer and closer to the E.
Finally on the day that I knew I could stop by us at the grocery store
I checked the gauge and decided to go for it. I drove to work in the
fuel tank was almost empty. When I got off of work and started the
engine of my truck I looked at how low the fuel was on it, said a
prayer asking God to stretch out my last little bit of gasoline to
help me make it to the store, drove by six other gas stations thinking
that I was being foolish for doing this and that I'd end up running
out of gas and have to call my wife to come and save me, and set out.
I made it! The gas light came on a few miles before I got to the
store. I pulled in to the store thinking I was about to run out of
gas. Then when I filled the tank I discovered that I was down to
about half a gallon of gas left in my tank. Thrill! I felt like I
had accomplished so much by saving so much on my full tank of gas.
And then it hit me because of all the stress and fretting probably
wasn't worth the little bit of money that is saved. What a ride!
