Wednesday was a full moon. Strange things happen when the moon is full. By many it is considered a good omen.
I recently had a new furnace installed. Part of the reason was that the energy savings would help pay for it. There was an incentive in the way of a rebate from the furnace company. The State of Wisconsin also has an energy commission that issues a rebate for energy projects. I have received both rebate checks in the mail in the last few weeks. Imagine my surprise on Wednesday when I received a third rebate check from the local power company for $100. It is like the “bird of paradise” flew over and dumped $100 on my parade. It was raining dollars from heaven.
So I figured everything was right. There was a full moon and I had $100 in “house money” as the gamblers say. There was also a record “Power Ball” frenzy going on that day. A record $580 million dollars was going to be won by someone. I decided to take the money I had received by surprise in the mail and use it to buy lottery tickets. Being the big spender that I am, I bought 5 PowerBall tickets at a cost of $10. Surely with all the positive signs, I had a chance of winning big. Yeah, right. Out of 5 tickets (a total of 30 numbers), I had one number that matched what was drawn.
I think my mistake was that I didn’t wear my pure gambler hat. A big time gambler would have let the money “ride”. I received $100 in the mail unsolicited. I should have bet the whole thing. To take advantage of all the day’s positive signs, $100 should have gone to purchase 50 Power Ball tickets. Maybe with 50 chances to win, I would now be talking to a financial advisor about my winnings. Maybe I missed the signs to “let it ride”.
Hey laugh if you will. I’ve still got $90. I wouldn’t call that being a big loser. I can’t help but wonder how close I came to winning one half a billion dollars?
Love,
Dad