I drove all around this morning running errands and shopping and jazz like that. I was not as bad as it could've been. Jonathan actually didn't wander off as much as he usually does. Thank heavens! Anyway, as I was driving I noticed something rather exciting on the signs of all the gas stations! Remember a month ago, when I posted THIS about how happy I was that gas was under $4 a gallon? In one month it has dropped over $1 in the area where I live. It was $2.45 at most of the stations that I drove past today. How awesome is that?

I was telling my mom on Sunday about how we went for a drive, but had to fill up our SUV first and for the first time in over a year (and a half, I'll wager), it was less than $50 to fill it. She said that it is the lowest it has been in a couple of years, and that last year when her and my dad went to Nauvoo, the cheapest they were able to buy gas for was $2.69. So it is definitely down more than a dollar from last summer! I Just hope today's election results don't screw the downward slide back to up. Which, by the way...GET out and VOTE! They offered early voting here in Utah and I thought it was great how many people actually got out and voted. My husband read (probably in the newspaper) that in Davis County 33% of people early voted. That is wonderful! Sometimes that is all that even comes out to vote. This gives me hope that people care about the current situation and WANT to do what they SHOULD DO to help it/change it.

*okay. I will climb off my soapbox now and go back to eating my milkshake.