13 February 2006

Empty

I remember a few random snippets of dreams. There were several along the theme of "I overslept. Now I will be late for Event X." In reality, my alarms woke me up right on schedule. In one of these, while I was searching for something-or-other needed for whichever Event X it was, I looked out the window. It was the window in my old bedroom at my parents' house. There was a rabbit out in the yard. It looked...somewhere between real and a cartoon, like a computer animated rabbit, maybe. Ji'e'toh was out there, and semed VERY interested in the rabbit. The next thing I remember is the rabbit "climbing" up the tree in the yard (which was not as vertical as the real tree). I THINK Ji'e'toh followed it (either Ji'e'toh or some animal with similar coloration and shape). Then a rather cartoonish (but still real-looking) bear followed them both. It was cartoonish in the sense that the head was shaped so that the bear would be able to "speak", as in a cartoon. But the texture looked very realistic. Rather like the texture on the dimetrodons and other lizards that I saw animated on the Discovery Channel last night.

In other news,
I will remember to check my gas tank BEFORE leaving Pocatello.
I will remember to check my gas tank BEFORE leaving Pocatello.
I will remember to check my gas tank BEFORE leaving Pocatello.
I will remember to check my gas tank BEFORE leaving Pocatello.
I will remember to check my gas tank BEFORE leaving Pocatello.
I will remember to check my gas tank BEFORE leaving Pocatello.

No, I didn't run out. But it was closer than I would like. If I'd noticed it before, oh, say Blackfoot, I could have avoided any major worries. However, I was slightly past Blackfoot when I saw how close the needle was to the E... I wasn't horribly concerned, as it wasn't below the E yet (it dips below when it gets REALLY low), but I wasn't happy about it. I stopped at the first IF exit and found that I probably could have made it to my usual exit (I had close to 2 gallons left, and it's less than 10 miles). While there are exits between Blackfoot and 113, I don't know the areas around them and there were no prominent gas station signs. On the bright side, I got about 35 mpg.

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