I am being stalked by Even Steven again. You know how I mentioned that my #2 son broke his arm Tuesday? And the same evening I hit three numbers on the Mega Millions drawing? It did not seem like a fair trade, $7 for My Little Pony's pain and suffering. The next evening, even though I hadn't bought scratch-off tickets for several months...my #1 son asked me to get two and take them to My Little Pony. He's the one who loves them best. I picked up the two five-dollar tickets he named. He scratched one, and won $10. But it still did not seem even enough for a broken arm.
Today, I cashed in that ticket when I put $62 of gas in the LSUV. The Casey's clerk rang up the gas and two donuts for the Pony, who has been off his feed until today. I went to the LSUV, and fiddled in my head with the amount. That boy had not given me my $10 winnings. So I marched back in there and reminded him, and he forked it over. I used it to buy a $10 ticket. It was a $10 winner as well. After picking up my paycheck and the $16 check for the fundraiser fudge that I thought I had lost (from my mom's house, since she picked them up at school for me yesterday), we headed to the bank. Of course, there was a 7-11 on the way, so I stopped in to buy the PowerBall tickets for tonight, and cashed in that winning ticket on another $10 ticket. IT WON $100 ! Well, now. It appears that my winning slump is over.
After the bank, I figured that I could afford another $10 ticket like that big winner. So I stopped at another Casey's and bought one. I even told the girl, "I just won $100 on one of these." She told me good luck. I gave it to the #1 son to scratch, as he had scratched the other winners. You're not gonna believe this, but THAT ticket also won $100 ! Being Mrs. Hillbilly Mom, I could not let it rest. After a trip to The Devil's Playground, and putting that stuff away, and driving the two-armed boy back to town for his bowling league...I stopped to buy another one of those tickets. Again, I let the boy scratch it. It won $20. I would have left it at that, but the boy wanted another. Figuring I could afford it, I went up the block for another. But it was a dud. Doggone that MoLottery!
Anyhoo, I figure we had a pretty good run. For my initial outlay of $11 beginning with the Mega Millions on Tuesday, we have won:
$7
$10
$10
$100
$100
$20
I kept putting that original $10 back into more tickets as it won, so I figure that right now, we're $236 ahead of where we were on Monday.
Yep. Even Steven. One of those $100 will pay the insurance deductible on the ER visit for the Pony's broken arm. The rest will pay for the gas to the city for his doctor's appointment and Friday's upcoming surgery, with a little left over to cover the 10% or whatever deductible we have left to meet. Which may not be much, since it IS already October.
Believe me. I AM Even Steven, by cracky!
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4 comments:
So what does HH need to buy with the winners?
Or are they yours to keep?
Lantern,
Funny you should ask...about two hours after reporting our windfall, HH mentioned that he had seen a '64 Chevy sitting along the road, for sale. M-O-O-N. That spells, "That car would cost a lot more than $200." See, that's how HH finagles things. He 'lets' me keep the winnings, then hits me up for something major. He always does it this time of year, anyway. Forget that the yearly insurance policy on the Mansion comes due in November, as well as the real estate and personal property taxes, and oh yeah, that little thing we call 'Christmas' is fast approaching, and we could use a new washer and dryer. HH is not satisfied with the 6 cars we have now. He did not like my idea that he sell 4 of them so he could buy the Chevy.
Gee, I wish my fishing went as well :-)
Do you live in one of those states where, if a car is over 20 years old, you don't need to worry about fixing exhausts/smog systems?
Lantern,
Probably. Because HH has never fixed the exhaust on his 1980 Olds Toronado. AKA 'The Pimp Car'.
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