Friday Aug 31--God is Good

The day started out horribly (although, I did sleep). First thing in the morning I dumped solvent down the front of my shirt. To avoid a burn, I dried it and washed my stomach. Three hours later, my belly button felt as though it were on fire and a mad rash had developed all around it. I washed it several more times. Didn't help.



My spilled solvent seemed to set the tone for the rest of the day. Boring details; I won't go into it. In the afternoon, something kept nagging me to get a lottery ticket. I'm not wasting 2 dollars now! If anything, I'll get something to eat.



I bought a scratch-off. If I ever do buy one, I get the Grand a Week ticket. Top price is a thousand bucks every week for 20 years. Enough to let us both quit our jobs and retire very nicely.



I went to the back our boiler room at work and sat on a bucket. I scratched the little games first and saved the big on for the end. THR HND



Hm?



THR HND



Again?



I continued to scratch. THR HND

Oh my God.

Oh my GOD! Omigod!!!!!!



THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS!! I just won THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS!!! THANK YOU GOD!!! THANK YOU JESUS!!!! THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS!!!!

I had to tell someone so I ran to Cinnamon (yes her real name) and Liz. Liz just grabbed me and wrapped her arms around me. She knew that Shawn has been unable to work. I haven't talked about the money thing to anyone--we are really fine actually!

But what got my gears turning is that I had argued with Mom for over a week about them giving us any money. The exact amount Mom had forced on me? Three hundred dollars.

And you must understand my Lottery Luck. Ever since I was 18 years old, I've never won more than a couple bucks. A few months ago, I won $40, but that was the only time. I never win. To win more than to break even was just as incredible to me!

Of course Shawn was jazzed about the winning. His vacation has run out and he hated to dip into savings (still haven't told him about the money from my parents; no one plans to)

And naturally I told Mom and I made a BIG deal about it being in the exact amount they gave me. This of course, led to another light argument. They won't take their freaking money back!

Also, on a lesser note of TOTALLY AWESOME I got some much needed coupons in the mail. I'd been needing underwear but have put it off. I got not one, but TWO coupons to Victoria's Secret for free skivies! Eight dollar drawers for free! How many slangs can I get in for panties? Underpants is proven to be 20% funnier than underwear....

Tuesday I drove like a drunk. Wednesday I walked around like I was stoned. And Friday I ran around with a big dumb goofy grin spread across my face.

And PS: Shawn's foot is back to normal, he's hobbling on his crutches and the animals are back to normal.