Post by Harmony86 on Feb 3, 2008 0:57:17 GMT -5
We need to have a NY gathering sooooon!!!!
I am so excited....last night I had to work late because someone called out last minute and we got a nasty storm...work at a truck stop, so of course there's tons of snow to shovel and keep up with...walkways, gas and diesel islands, the delivery pads, etc. etc....something that obviously couldn't be done with just one person on shift. Sooo anyway, I opted to stay late because hey--every little bit extra $$ helps and I plus I didn't want there to be a huge mess in the AM for someone else to have to deal with.
I came inside from the cold and shortly thereafter clocked out once I made sure Randy (fellow co-worker) was all set. I decided to buy one of the newer $2 tickets that we had just gotten in a couple days ago...it's called Precious Stones. I didn't win anything, and was about to go home when I looked at my wallet and realized I had two more dollar bills...something told me to buy it, so I did. Randy made fun of me, saying I was wasting my money...ha ha. It's one of those tickets where you scratch off 2 winning numbers and have to match either one, OR if you scratch off a certain symbol you win whatever the prize is next to it automatically. The FIRST thing I scratched off was the stack of bills symbol, and I almost passed out when I scratched off the prize!!!!!! I figured I had won a couple bucks.......boy was I shocked!!! I won the top prize of $15,000! Odds of winning are 1:160,000.
Anyway, I'm sorry for bragging....I just can't believe I was so lucky...I'm never usually very lucky so I feel so blessed. And I thought JAN would get a kick out of this...she's always saying if she wins the lotto what she would spend the money on....well I do know that I'm now setting some aside for a gathering and hopefully to see our lady CHER!! It'll also help for when I go back to school, etc.
I'm going to the lottery headquarters Monday morning to claim it...they take 30% out for taxes, so if I did the math correctly they will take $4,500...but heyy I still end up with more than what I had!!!!!!! ;D
I am so excited....last night I had to work late because someone called out last minute and we got a nasty storm...work at a truck stop, so of course there's tons of snow to shovel and keep up with...walkways, gas and diesel islands, the delivery pads, etc. etc....something that obviously couldn't be done with just one person on shift. Sooo anyway, I opted to stay late because hey--every little bit extra $$ helps and I plus I didn't want there to be a huge mess in the AM for someone else to have to deal with.
I came inside from the cold and shortly thereafter clocked out once I made sure Randy (fellow co-worker) was all set. I decided to buy one of the newer $2 tickets that we had just gotten in a couple days ago...it's called Precious Stones. I didn't win anything, and was about to go home when I looked at my wallet and realized I had two more dollar bills...something told me to buy it, so I did. Randy made fun of me, saying I was wasting my money...ha ha. It's one of those tickets where you scratch off 2 winning numbers and have to match either one, OR if you scratch off a certain symbol you win whatever the prize is next to it automatically. The FIRST thing I scratched off was the stack of bills symbol, and I almost passed out when I scratched off the prize!!!!!! I figured I had won a couple bucks.......boy was I shocked!!! I won the top prize of $15,000! Odds of winning are 1:160,000.
Anyway, I'm sorry for bragging....I just can't believe I was so lucky...I'm never usually very lucky so I feel so blessed. And I thought JAN would get a kick out of this...she's always saying if she wins the lotto what she would spend the money on....well I do know that I'm now setting some aside for a gathering and hopefully to see our lady CHER!! It'll also help for when I go back to school, etc.
I'm going to the lottery headquarters Monday morning to claim it...they take 30% out for taxes, so if I did the math correctly they will take $4,500...but heyy I still end up with more than what I had!!!!!!! ;D
Hope to see you in Vegas, too! 