Lots of new things to learn.

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The chaos of October is behind me and it feels good to have things settle down.

Alex is talking more but he is a little obsessive about certain things and it is starting to worry me. We had a long night last night, not much sleep. Alex woke up around 10pm and was really upset. He finally went down around midnight after lots of frustrating communication attempts with him. He wanted things, then got upset when he got them, rinse and repeat.

Alex is now terrified of the back room where we keep his toys. He refuses to be in the room alone, and here is an example of the obsessive behavior, points at the window non stop and gets upset saying “no no no more”. It’s upsetting for all of us. Maybe we have a ghost?

I’ve changed my driving habits and it appears that it’s paid off.  The bulk of my miles are my work commute from Tacoma to Bellevue which is 60+ miles round trip.  I have been using the cruise control when possible to keep my speed at a steady pace.  I’ve read somewhere that using the cruise control makes a difference because you are not constantly pumping the pedal and using more gas.  Guess what I read was correct.

The second change in habits has been coasting more.  I’ve tried to gage the distance it takes me to stop and have eased off the gas a bit to try and coast to a stop when I can.

Those two simple changes have made a pretty significant jump in my MPG and I’m happy with it.  Now I am going to change a few things mechanically like tire pressure and maybe some of the other fuel saving tips I’ve read to see if I can boost my MPG even more.