Hay Cut and Out of Gas

Linda and Stacey made it back from their Indiana trip last night about 9 PM. They said they had a good time, but from the stories Linda was telling, it sounds to me as if some of our Indiana friends' lives are a mess. It was good to hear that Kim's son, Zachary was doing a lot better and just about back to normal.
Larry Anderson cut some of the hay last Friday and Phil and Steve cut the rest of the hay today. They were all pretty lucky this year, as the creek never over flowed the banks, so there wasn't any debris in the hay this time. It's my job to use the tractor and the scoop on the front to push the debris back into the creek. It isn't hard work, just takes time and knocks the hay down when I have to do it. I'm still mowing and I have used all the gas in our farm gas tank. Since May 3rd, I've used 155 gallons to mow and bush hog this summer. The cost then was $310.35, which was $2.069 per gallon . At the time, I thought that was quite high, but now I wish I could get another tank at that price. From listening to the news, I'm thinking I'll wait till after the 1st of January to buy another tank. Gas is supposed to be at a lower price by then and there is no need to fill it up now, with winter coming I won't be using any in the mower. It would just be setting there for maybe someone to steal, so I'll wait. We haven't had anything stole, but no sense taking the chance when I don't really need a full tank now.