Gas Prices, High School, and Change

I've got a lot of things I want to talk about, the first being the insanity of the pain at the pumps. I've gotten a few chain emails about protesting gas by not getting any on a certain day, or only getting it from the small businesses. They're nice ideas, but they don't make much of a difference. Watching the news this morning though, it seems that the gas companies will eventually get a taste of their own medicine, because as the idiot box said, for the first time in years, the amount of people driving has gone down. The numbers range from something like 1.4% to 2.6% in different parts of the USA, and more and more people are finding alternate methods of transportation. The car companies will also help us, because they're feeling the pain at the pumps as well. Large truck and SUV sales are plummeting, and the Big 3 are losing buyers to the smaller, cheaper, more efficient foreign cars. It seems as our economies are sliding downhill, and gas and food prices are rising, the world we've known for the last while will be changing dramatically. I can only guess what the world will look like in 10 years... 5 years even. All I know is that it's going to be different. It's somewhat exciting at the same time to, it's like watching the future from so many of the books I've read unfold before my eyes.

Anyway, back to a more personal matter (even though I said I wasn't going to do a lot of personal stuff), today is the first day of the summer holidays for me. My last day in high school was yesterday for my Chemistry exam. I must say that I'm really sad to be leaving it already! Those four years flew past. I'm going to miss all of my teachers, and friends that are still there/going away. High school may not have been the best time of my life like you see in the movies, but it was really great. I made my 3rd and 4th best friends in high school (and lost touch with them), I discovered my love for history and biology, missed some opportunities, got my first and second jobs, and trying not to be too corny, I really found out a lot about myself. And now, I'm off to spend another 4 years, at another school. I don't really want to think about university right now though. It's a little overwhelming... I can't imagine what I'd feel like if I was moving away for school! Who knows though... maybe I'll end up moving in with my dad when I go though, because I'd save a lot on gas with the commuting, and I wouldn't have to worry about crazy step parents... oh wait, never mind about that last comment. But change... change is scary. I just got comfortable with high school, and now school as I've known it since grade one is changing. I'm going to be meeting all sorts of new people, and living a new type of life. I really hope that I meet some new friends (though I'm not getting my hopes up again), and that I'm ready for the transition, because everyone has done a great job of scaring the hell out of all of the soon-to-be freshmen about the workload.

That's all for me for now though. I'll get to my other big topic (Parents) another time.