August 21, 2007
We didn’t win the lottery. Sigh.
Last week I had a dream that I won the lottery so for the first time in years (maybe decades) I bought some Texas Lottery Tickets. I figure if I had a dream about winning that was as good an excuse as any to play. After dropping my son off at pre-school, I stopped by a couple of gas stations to buy some. The first two either didn’t sell Lottery tickets or their ticket machine was broken…maybe I should have stopped right then….but then I proceeded to the next one and played. It had been so long since I had played that I didn’t remember how to do it. I ended up getting some quick picks for the standard lottery and then I learned about this new one called Mega Millions. The jackpot was $85 million so I said to my self ‘Why the heck not! If my husband can spend $3.00 a day on coffee from Starbuck’s, I can certainly buy a few lottery tickets!‘
So $10 later, I realized that maybe I would have enjoyed a decaf chai latte instead of giving away $10. However, I don’t feel too bad because they say the money goes to help education in Texas. I still haven’t figured how they are making education better here in Texas because we don’t have the top public schools in the country (although AISD has done fairly well in the past few years). I figure if my $10 makes its way into a well deserving teacher’s pocket and/or to buying computers/supplies for a poor school, it was worth it.
While doing this post I saw that the Mega Millions jackpot is now $91 million….I wonder if I should ”donate” more of our money to help education (over and above our taxes). Maybe my dream pertained to this week? If I don’t try I might be losing out on a fortune. I can see why people prone to addiction could get addicted to gambling!
Posted by Aruni @ 6:30 pm • Just For Fun
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August 22nd, 2007 at 12:32 am, JoLynn Braley Says:
I used to buy lotto tix, too….it’s easy to get pulled into that. I always thought positive…someone had to win, so why not me!
August 22nd, 2007 at 9:06 am, Aruni Says:
Thanks JoLynn. Yes, why not us?? I did play again yesterday and donated $6 more dollars to education. I think I’ll wait another few years before trying again!
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