In case you hadn't noticed...

... my posting has been a little spotty lately.  The reason is that I normally do most of my writing early in the morning... and my early morning schedule has had to be adjusted due to my new budget-conscious mode of commuting.

You see, not to over-share, but we have been hemorrhaging money on one very expensive commodity; gas.  We have actually been paying far more to fuel up the car every month than on our mortgage payments! 

Something had to change. 

What we really needed was a Prius.  But a new car is so far over the financial horizon that it wasn't even worth talking about. 

Ideally, I needed to start taking public transportation to work; But there is no direct bus from where we live to where I work.  The closest place where I can catch a bus is 15-20 minutes away.

And to get there, Zahava would have to get up crazy early and drive me... and then race back to try to get Yonah to school on time (or risk making one of the big kids late for school).

So the more I thought about it the more I realized that the only possible solution...

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... was to buy a scooter. 

 

 

Just to be clear, this is not... I repeat NOT a midlife crisis.  Had this been an actual midlife crisis, you would have been treated to pictures of a black 750 Ducati Monster.

My new Vespa GTS 250ie actually has all the dork appeal of a Prius, and even gets better mileage!  

The only downside is that it looks like I'll have to either get up earlier in the morning to keep decorating this little corner of the blogosphere, or find another time to shake the odd thoughts out of my head.  Please bear with me until things sort themselves out.