The Lottery
Working for the company that runs most of the Lotteries in this country can really suck sometimes. Yes, it's nice to travel around the world and see cool places and meet severiously interesting people. It also means that I CAN'T play the Lottery, especially PowerBall. It probably gets a lot of people through the week to hold out hope that they "could" win millions of dollars and be set for life. I don't have that luxury! I'm not allowed to win! I can play, but I sure as hell can't win, because that would "look" bad.
Why do I want to win the PowerBall? Because I'm old enough to take the annuities and pass on the remainder to the kids. In the meantime, I'd pass on a great big chunk of it to the kids. I wish it weren't so, that the needs of my children require large amounts of funding and that's the thought that comes to my mind. I would rather be living in closer proximity to them to provide the kind of support I want to, along with the occasional check or two I can send out to them. I don't want to be just the wallet (and I know to them I'm not). It's just a whole lot more difficult to be anything else from 2500 miles away! Little black squiggles on electronic media rarely carry the impact that a hug can. I miss hugging my girls.
Stress. Mood swing. Turmoil. Instability. Inconsistency. Guess those should be the tags. Whatever they are.
Why do I want to win the PowerBall? Because I'm old enough to take the annuities and pass on the remainder to the kids. In the meantime, I'd pass on a great big chunk of it to the kids. I wish it weren't so, that the needs of my children require large amounts of funding and that's the thought that comes to my mind. I would rather be living in closer proximity to them to provide the kind of support I want to, along with the occasional check or two I can send out to them. I don't want to be just the wallet (and I know to them I'm not). It's just a whole lot more difficult to be anything else from 2500 miles away! Little black squiggles on electronic media rarely carry the impact that a hug can. I miss hugging my girls.
Stress. Mood swing. Turmoil. Instability. Inconsistency. Guess those should be the tags. Whatever they are.