I get a call from Shane (my brother in law) checking to see if he needs to head to work today as the biggest single winner jackpot is won and the owner of the ticket is an Orgonian. While we did purchase a couple tickets, I'm writing this from work which should tell you that I am not in fact the winning ticket holder. I didn't even get one number on either ticket! There should be a prize for being as far as possible from winning. If there was, I would be the proud ticket holder.
Although I love my job, I can think of other things to do with a cool 340 Million burning a hole in my pocket.
This does bring me to a more somber point. My company on Tuesday went through a large downsizing of employees from the administration side of the corporation, and we lost a lot of really good people. In a way I did hit the lottery in that I was not one of them. My hopes and prayers go out to all that did lose there jobs. The face of the economy is changing and I fear we haven't seen the end of such cutbacks, in fact I think this is the tip of the iceberg as they say.
On a lighter note, The neighborhood is finally starting to decorate for Halloween, so perhaps I can redo what I lost with the vandals without the punks noticing. Ther are some really cool decorations going up and I'm happy to say that they are secured with cables. Clearly these neighbors learned from my mistakes and went the extra step to protect their investment. Glad I could be an example of what not to do. Neat. (I'm still a little bitter) I can't wait until old age when I can sit on my porch in my rockin' chair with a salt gun peppering punks that step foot near my property. I can be 'Me Ol Man Morton, or The Crazy Old Bastard Down the Street. Ahhh! to dream!
I was thinking about what I might do with 340 Million, or whatever you end up with after the tax man comes trick or treating.
I think I would take my families money concerns away for good, set up a trust fund for Dylan, then go see the world. Shooting pictures the whole time.
Looks like I'm going to have to get to those dreams the hard way, by workin' for them. So I better get after it.
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Just wanted to let you know that I too think that you won the lottery as far as your work went but you are a special person with lots of talent so maybe that helped them chose to have you stay. As for the other lottery - we will keep trying - maybe someday...........
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