i picked up the tab for the first tank of gas and (as per my own roadtripping tradition) picked us up a couple of lotto tix for the fun.......couldn't afford many so i went for one bingo and one crossword.....both popular favourites........much to my surprise, pixie announced that she had never relished the drawn out and often unvictorious enjoyment of this type of gambling.........
well, it took us a while to get around to the tix......it might have even been the second day....... when we sat down......at the table....very serious for some serious stakes .......i with the crossword, she with the bingo...the tension mounted...our pennies at the ready....and SCRATCH!
long before i had finishedmy concentrated endeavour, she announced that she had won.....what? thought i......and it wasn't even a dollar or two.....in fact, it was MORE..... great! now i was never going to that "A" that i needed to win 2000$ (for that A would have finished a cornucopia of words putting me into the holy-crap-winner-circle)....alas i was right......no A was in the cards for me.......but i had not lost hope...there was still the BONUS......as i scratched i had already anticipated defeat.....it's pretty much unheard of to win more than a free card on these things and definitely not to have 100% of your ticket purchases turn a profit.......i raised the penny to the flaky silver film that concealed my destiny.......one stroke, two strokes, three.....five seconds later it was revealed..........
WINNER times 2?!
that's right folks...between the two of us we made a pretty profit......not enough for retirement before graduation but enough to cover some of the weekend's entertainment....not bad, not bad at all........
in fact, on the way home i was still realing with the fact that we had indeed BOTH won on scratch-and-wins.......as i contemplated, it suddenly came to me.......do you think God had gotten confused when i prayed to get lucky?
3 comments:
yay! we won!
i wanna buy another. I wonder if this is how addictions start.
must be the luck of the irish
be careful with addictions shelley ... i've heard they are addictive!
congrats on the win ladies!!
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