5 Things I Can't Live Without

This morning I was driving to work as usual when I encountered some very heavy traffic on the freeway. Now for you folks who reside in major metropolitan areas and are not familiar with Idaho, this is not a normal phenomenon. People here think they have encountered serious traffic when the speedometer falls below 40. Anywho, I was completely stopped on the freeway and realized that I would probably be very late. I called my secretary to let her know that I would be late and tells me to tune into the radio to hear what is going on. Now I don't listen to the local radio because I have XM Satellite Radio, which used to be a fantastic thing until they started playing commercials. So I tune in to the radio to hear that 2 Afghani men are leading police on a high speed chase (which i suspect is only able to occur because they have chosen an Idaho freeway to have their chase at 7:30 in the morning) down the freeway and that they are side swiping cars and acting all kinds of crazy. Obviously this has happened ahead of me, because I am sitting on the now closed freeway listening to the report on the radio. The over excited news guy on the radio is giving a blow by blow as to how the police have managed to stop the men and are now holding them at gunpoint, on the closed freeway. The men surrender and everything gets back to normal, although I have now spent a good hour and a half in the car.

My point to this story, which was probably not even necessary for this post, is that after the craziness subsided I was still listening to a local station and the next segment was titled "5 Things You Can't Live Without". Callers would call in and say their 5 things and I have been thinking about my 5 things all day. Here they are, in no particular order, although Carmex has to be near the top.

1. Carmex
2. Green Apples
3. Jake
4. The Internet
5. Music

Now obviously these could change on a daily basis, although this has been my top five for at least a month, ever since my craving for green apples has become almost insatiable. I am pretty sure I would hurt somebody for a green apple. Luckily, that hasn't happened yet. Anyway, I am interested to hear your "top 5".