When I lived in LA, I would easily spend $300+/month on gas alone – driving to SD, driving in LA traffic, driving to any concert venue in LA… During covid, gas prices near my apartment reached $6+/gallon in Manhattan Beach:

Now that I’m back in SD and working from home, I hardly ever drive. I walk anywhere I can downtown, doordash my food, instacart my groceries. I even have to take a picture of where I parked my car in my apartment building’s sub-garage, bc a whole week could go by where I don’t drive my car, and I forget where I parked.

At my apartment in LA, I had a free assigned parking spot in a one-level parking garage in a building that was only three stories. Here in SD, I live in a six-story building, and the garage is multiple levels. It’s $40/month for an unassigned parking spot and $240/month (!) for an assigned spot. There’s always plenty of unassigned parking spots, plus I have a permanent handicap placard from when I had the stroke. I never have trouble finding parking, I just have trouble finding my car sometimes 😅

Gas prices have skyrocketed to over $8/gallon in California since this war with Iran started. During events and games at Petco Park, the metered street parking is $10/hour! Jessie’s gonna park her car in my garage tomorrow, and we’re gonna walk to the Banana Ball game at Petco.

It’s normally $15 for a day pass for visitors to park in my garage, but I just got one for Jess and it was $30! Not sure if it’s doubled bc there’s a special event nearby tomorrow, or if the price went up since I got a pass for Alicia last month. Ahh, the cost of living downtown ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Contrary to popular belief, I don’t believe people should have to pay to see me LOL, so I’ll always park in a spot outside for you when I can and let you use my handi – the placard allows you to park in metered street parking at no cost (literally the only benefit of having a stroke, otherwise 0/10 would not recommend).