Morons in line at the cheap station, was Hurricane Katrina Comments and Questions 2279

True. My daughter is in high school and has a job and now has to pay for her own gas. (Don't be too concerned, I still slip her a 20 every going to get gas, walked past me, threw her purse on the floor - I said Hey, what's the problem, were they out of gas? "NO". Did you get gas? "Yeah, I got less than half a tank for 22.50.". I said well, I guess you better just find something cheaper to do than cruise around and waste gas when you're not working. I thought she would do the typical teenager thing (like I would have done) but she sat down with me and we had a nice long discussion. She wants to be a veterinarian (I can't even spell it) and has always been a hair away from a straight A student (honors clbuttes since 4th grade) but she's starting to burn out. I told her now is not the time to give up. I don't know how in the world I'm going to pay for her education (there's a lot involved, including the fact that I don't know how long I'm going to be around because of health stuff, but oh well screw that), that she needs to make school priority one but her job is important also. I told her how my parents were fortunate enough to send me to a private college, but I worked at one job or another every single day from beginning to end and I didn't use it for fun, I used it to help pay for school. I explained to her that if this was really her dream, it didn't matter if it took 8 years or 15 years - the goal is what's important. Being rich is not the goal - doing something you want to do with your life is priority one and I don't care if you're a laborer or a garbage man or a surgeon - as long as you do something that you like, that's all that matters. Dang, the medication is