500

Since Chet went out of commission, my daily commute is anywhere between 80 and 100 miles, depending on the amount of errands I need to (rather, have energy to) run and the number of trips I need to take to the BART station. This comes out to about 475 miles per week, not including weekends. Several calculations later, I arrive at the approximate amount I spent on gas each day last week: $14. Add the $4 toll that gets paid for me to enter the cultural bastion that is the tri-metropolitan area of Vacaville, Fairfield and Suisun City and my daily commute comes close to $20. Multiply that by 180 (approximate number of school days next year) and you get $3,600...or, just over 10% of my annual take-home income.

We are moving over summer, possibly to Pleasant Hill, in search for cheaper rent, a BART station nearby, and possibly an additional roommate. This will decrease my commute to right around 70 or 75 miles. But my cynical guess is that the increasing gas prices will quickly offset any money saved as a result of that.

Anyway, what this boils down to is the following:

I want a scooter. Preferably pink. Or celeste green.