Pre Pay Gas
Does anyone have trouble with pre paying gas? I'm from a town of about 10,000 and I never have done it much. The second time about a month ago I paid and forgot to get the gas!!!! I'm just not used to that, when I leave the gas station, I have paid and am free to go! I had washed the car yesterday (salt) and it froze. I can't get the gasoline door open! I didn't know if I would make it to work but after inserting Mother's plastic fork handle in the seam many times I got it open. The sun was shinning. I should have left way earlier. There was frost against the sunrise...Beauty! And were the deer out! I saw two family groups and a couple on the drive over. I didn't get any frost shots. The sun was pretty up. A pony. A yard freeze. My usual place didn't look like much. It was blocked by a red truck on the way out. I continued and wished to quit this job and spend more weather time looking for photos. I wish I could get paid to do that. I met someone who does, but I think he has money on his own. I work so hard on photo organizing, sometimes it eclipses photo ops, or paying more attention. I mean I check the weather a lot, but frost is harder. Happy! The notes and documents side of my camera and photo organizing only now need a bare bones step outline of my work steps. Then I turn to more program things. So to continue with the trip. I passed all my photo op places that didn't look good in mid morning hard light except one. This is new territory for me (driving to a new place) so I try photos in any light that looks good. This guy stopped and asked what I was doing and I said taking pictures. He wanted to know why, and I said because I love art. He thought that was okay. Made me happy. Sometimes you don't get that reaction. Then I passed by everything else. There is one which needs special snow. And one I have not even gotten to yet. That needs a place to stop. Then to work. It starts out okay. But my back breaks down in two hours and I don't know how I get through the rest of the day. Today the store was flooded with food demos. I've never seen so many! The other day I was out looking for photos. It was the second day of my break. The first day (right after the night I got back from work) was perfect and I missed it sleeping. The second day looked like it would be good but didn't turn out. Everyone was on my tail. I finally got mad and got out my sign "Taking Photos." And that didn't help. I get off the road as much as I can, but in the winter with all the snow, you can't tell where the road stops and the ditch begins. One time I forgot that the new snow I was out photoing had covered ice and I slipped into the ditch trying to pull back out onto the road! I Try to place my car where cars can pass without blind hill and stuff. (The best places for photos.) I am always on edge. You have to worry about being out alone as much as thinking of how to take the picture. There is a good side and a rotten side to driving around looking for photos. You can get some quaint fresh pictures, but on the other hand if you can get tips where the best visions could be, or have something scheduled, that could be good too. I wish I had someone to go with...I need more than one! I need someone to drive and let me out to take pic, while they go on and come back. I need protection against deer REALLY HA - I can't scare them away. I wonder how these people photograph in Yellowstone! How do they keep the preditors at bay? Do you know how many things are out there! Packs of wolves, mountain lions, bear, bison.........deer!!!!!!!!!!! HA! How do they keep them at bay?? So I have spent a warm time reporting my job at Burger King and writing this. I hope to get a very cheap laptop for the internet soon. Can use that..