Big Winner!

OK, so you haven't heard from me in awhile...as my friend Bean so *lovingly* pointed out. My commitment to daily blogging hasn't seemed to take hold...although I did try and chalk it up to the fact that time is different on *my* island than HIS...

I just haven't had anything much to say. At least nothing worth forming complete sentences for...damn, don't want to end in a preposition. That is, until today. Today, I won the lottery. (Technically, Saturday I won the lottery, I just didn't claim until today.)

I've been playing the lottery off and on for the last year. Mostly off, to be honest. Today, I finally scanned my lottery ticket at the 7-11 by the office. Instead of the digital readout confirming my fate of "Big Loser!", it actually told me that I won! And to see the cashier for my payout. WINNER! Big Winner! I asked her "Do I have to wait for some governmental check...or...do you pay me?"

She said "Do you just want lottery tickets?"

I said, "Um, I'll take one lottery ticket and one dollar in cash."

OK, I didn't say that I was a HUGE winner...just a big one. Two big ones. And as the cashier told me..."Next time, it will be more."

It better be. Baby needs to buy some Super Big Gulps.