Today someone from my own Staten Island won the entire $245 million dollar powerball. I saw the story last night in our local paper and when I saw the winning ticket was purchased at the same location that I randomly purchased my lotto tickets this week this surreal feeling wash over me as I walked upstairs to retrieve my ticket. I was so numb I didn't even feel my feet touch the floor. Sadly I didn't win....I didnt' even get a single number. I started with the Powerball and once I saw that I didn't have that the dream was dashed. But, for a few moments, I experienced something I will most likely never experience again. That's the closest I ever came to winning. While I didn't win anything I am not disappointed by it. Just those few moments of knowing I had a real chance of winning is oddly satisfying. It would have been a great story too. I had a couple of hours to kill before an appointment so I grabbed breakfast and went to the beach. I decided to leave because I had to pee. I stopped at that Stop and Shop because I knew they had a bathroom and decided to buy some lotto tickets completely at random. All that was going through my mind when I went to retrieve the tickets. It would have been perfect but wasn't meant to be.
Like the saying goes, Ya' never know.
Like the saying goes, Ya' never know.