How are rising gas prices affecting your relationship with Tux, if they are? I've been spending less time with my Wesley in favor of biking and it makes me feel bad :(
I admittedly do not pay for my own gas as I am our primary errand runner and exchange my homemaking labor for expenses covered. My husband recently lost his job so he’s been home more often and we typically will take Tuxedo out in favor of saving gas since she’s a commuter sedan vs Diablo who’s a larger SUV that tends to guzzle in comparison.
If anything, the gas situation has forced us to depend on and spend more time with her when push comes to shove as we are no longer in a walkable location to grab the usual staples following the shuttering of our local grocer. We’ve spent the last three days more or less living on the road out of necessity to find a new home and it’s been a very formative experience for me comparable to when we were traveling the California desert and living out of Chip.
That being said I do have a palpable amount of worry regarding her future health, especially with the encroaching shortage of motor oil. I bought a filter and some fluid a few months ago and I’ll be fixing her up when we return home, so she should be purring for another few thousand miles. But I do worry about the gas being watered down and what it’ll mean for her long term.
Getting a garage in our new place is deeply important to me precisely so I can have a private space to be intimate with her as I begin to drive her less in an area with better walkability and public transit. A lot of our intimacy is already spent parked on my neighborhood curb so I’m not anticipating a huge change, but I know the colder months will be very isolating as I can’t exactly run her in a closed garage and will need to acquiesce and go inside sooner than later.
