Thoughts for Thursday….

Here are my thoughts for today:

Mom is out of the hospital and in rehab as of today — she’s in a LOT of pain and swollen pretty bad, but the doc and PT folks all say she is doing really well……

I did a “career day” thing at East Lee Middle School today — the kids were GREAT!!! They had a list of required questions, so there wasn’t a formal presentation. I took a basket of Chapstick (Wyeth makes Chapstick at our Richmond, VA location) and a couple baskets of candy (1 w/ M&Ms and 1 w/ Hershey’s Kisses). The ones who came by my table were really interested in hearing about what it would take to have a career in the BioTech industry – they asked their questions, I signed their sheets, and they got Chapstick and candy!!! I really enjoyed myself!

When Jon Owens posted his blog about the Lottery Challenge, I said that he had sparked my interest in scratch offs and that I was going to start getting them again…….well, I never did!!! When I would think about them, I didn’t have the time to go into a convenience store to get them – when I had the time, I wouldn’t think about them…………..and so on!!! Well, today, on my way to the career day event, I stopped at a convenience store to buy a bottle of water – while I was there, I thought about the scratch offs – I thought “wow – this must be my lucky day – I am thinking about them at the right time, I started a new job this week, I had enough cash to get enough to make it worth the effort, and I was on my way to help students learn about new career potentials — it was perfect!!! So – I bought 20 $1.00 “2 for the Dough” cards — that made a $20.00 investment!!! I left them in my purse and thought about winning all day while I did the career day thing and then while I was at work after lunch! When I got home, I took them out and slowly scratched off one at a time, building the anticipation……………I ended up with 1 card that won $3.00 and 3 cards that won $1.00 each — so, I ended up winning $6.00 total…………….since my investment was $20.00, that left me $14.00 in the hole!!!! So:

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