Dream A Little

We almost never buy lottery tickets.  I think we maybe average buying one every year or two.  Nick isn’t usually inclined to do anything that’s so likely to be a waste of money.  Lottery tickets are mostly sold at gas stations, and I barely put gas in the car, so I rarely think about or have the opportunity to buy a ticket.  Every now and then we’ll buy one, though.  It’s fun to dream, right?

Nick’s dad almost always gives everyone a lottery ticket or two at Christmas or birthdays.  It’s kind of a fun little bonus gift.  It’s fun to think about what you could do if you actually won.

This past Christmas Paul gave us each a lottery ticket, as usual.  Neither of us won anything, but we did spend a little time thinking about what our winning the lottery fantasies are, of course the winning millions and millions kind of fantasies. 

There are things we would do to help out our families and a few good friends.  We’d like to travel.  Neither one of us have really been anywhere, so travel would be high on our list.  Of course quitting our jobs, with an appropriate notice.  That would  free up a lot of time, and we wouldn’t spend all of our time traveling, so we’d have a lot more time to volunteer.  Nick would probably spend more time volunteering with the fire department.  I could spend a lot more time cooking and taking food to the hospice house.  We would donate to various cat rescues, and a few other causes that are very near and dear to us. 

We both agree that we wouldn’t want to move.  Our house is small, but we like it, and are happy here.  We also have the best neighbors in the entire world.  We’ve often said that if we won the lottery we’d be far better off to give some of it to the neighbors to do whatever they needed or wanted with their house, in hopes that they’d never move.  They’re really that great.  There are certainly things we would do to fix up our house, and buying some of the land around it and putting in a pool sounds nice.  Really nice, actually.  Moving to some huge house in a strange neighborhood doesn’t.   

I’m not sure if our list makes us the most boring people in the world, or just really practical, and fortunate enough to know what we would want.  Either way, it’s fun to dream a little every time Paul gives us a lottery ticket.

So what about you?  Do you buy lottery tickets often?  What’s your winning the lottery fantasy?