A post that's the color of money

Well, Mom and Dad are having a great time!  That's good news.  The girls are alive and well in SW Missouri, with Grammy.  That's good news.  There's a MAJOR storm rolling in from the North, bringing rain.  That's good news.  Brett got called in to his new job for an extra shift yesterday, filling in for someone who was sick.  That's good news (he really needs the money.)

The best news of the day?  Not that I got an Italian coin unstuck from the work vending machine (even bringing 4 quarters with it!)  Not that I made a pissed-off customer quite happy (Yeah, ummm, that's my job.)  Not that Kevin and I got to watch Big Brother without interruption (after "The Great Storm Interruption of Satellite" during Tuesday's episode.)  Not that I got to see a picture of the puppy with her eyes open (she'll be ours the first week of August...picture to follow.)

The best news of the day was this:  There was a "health fair" at work yesterday.  Get your finger pricked to check cholesterol and stuff (mine's all good.)  Weigh in (it wasn't public knowledge, thank God,) then take a computer analysis of your overall lifestyle type stuff.  Mine wasn't great, because I was honest.  Anyway, anyone who participated in this voluntary thing got thrown in to a drawing, with 10 winners.  I WON!  I never win ANYTHING.  HONEST!  I can't get more than a busy signal on radio contests (I really NEED Y'allapalooza tickets for July 30....little help?)

The winners (ME!) all got, are you ready?  I crisp new $100 bill!  WOW!  I was so stoked.

I thought about getting Kevin to take me to dinner, then ordering VERY expensive items, to watch his expression, then I'd pay.  I thought about going to the casino, since I'm lucky today.  I thought about being an adult and paying a bill (yeah right), I thought about shopping at thrift stores for clothes (I need them badly,) and I thought about stashing it away silently for Kevin's birthday (never could keep a secret.)

As it stands, I don't know what I'll do with it, but I've told Kevin (I told you I can't keep a secret!)  To be real honest, I bought fast food for dinner, since it's just the two of us.  My diet has been lacking fast food for many weeks.  That leaves almost $90.  We'll probably figure bills tomorrow, and find out that it's needed to make ends meet, but it was fun spending it in my head.  I'm thankful for it, regardless of where it goes. (Sure would be nice to spend a quiet night in a hotel, huh?)

Anyway, the moral of the story is this:  Good things CAN happen to ordinary people.  I can't even be selfish with my windfall, because I love my family.  That's worth more than words in a journal can express.