If I won a million dollars

Every time I think about the lottery, I dream about what I would do if I actually won. A slogan for the Kentucky Powerball lottery is somebody's gonna win, so it might as well be you, or something like that. Yeah, somebody's gonna win, but you have to buy a ticket first.

That's my problem. I used to buy tickets when the jackpot got really high up there, but I never came close to winning. Then we figured out that I was just throwing my money down the drain. As a result, I stopped buying Powerball tickets.

It's like playing the slots at Las Vegas. I like playing the slots, but I'm so chicken that I never play anything larger than the quarter slots. Then I set a limit on what I'm willing to lose, and when I have reached that amount, I quit. To satisfy my gambling urges, I have a computer program for playing the slots. I can play to my heart's content and not have to breathe in all the smoke in the casinos. And, I don't have to worry about losing over my limit.

But, I still have dreams of what I would do if I won a million dollars. Husband and I talked about it this afternoon and we decided that we would first buy a house on the lake and then we would buy a nice travel trailer. That way, both our dreams would be fulfilled. I would always have a nice house on the lake to come home to and husband would have his travel trailer to vagabond all over the country. When we got tired of traveling, we could come on home and fish awhile.

We have also decided that after investing the balance of the money after buying our house on the lake and our travel trailer, we would live on the interest and never touch the principal. With our current pensions, we would never have a worry in the world.

The problem with this dream is that the chances of our ever winning or accumulating that much money at one time are a million to one (that's better odds than winning the Powerball). We tried to save that much before we stopped working at our paying jobs, but we never got that close.

Since we don't have any rich relatives who would be willing to leave us a lot of money, I guess we are just going to have to be satisfied with what we have now.

Oh, well. I guess we are just destined to continue dreaming about winning a million dollars in the Kentucky Powerball lottery. I may even break down one of these days and actually buy some tickets. And, if we ever do win, I'll be sure to tell you all about it. And, I'll invite you to my house so I could feed you.