Day 3: Where I want to be

Last year, I kept finding myself with enough "extra money" every week to play with scratch-off lottery tickets. I know, they are a suckers game. Pretty much every weekend I would break even or lost $3-5. Sometimes, I would win $10-20. Never enough to retire on but a nice cushion going into the weekend. One of those I bought was a game called Black Diamonds or something. A ticket cost $10 so I bought them sparingly. I found out that they were part of a second chance drawing where, if you bought a ticket that didn't win anything, you could enter it into drawing for a chance at a million dollars.

The drawing still hasn't happened yet but I have about 24 entries in the contest. That's $240 that went nowhere, if you are keeping track. I have that tiny little voice of hope in the back of my mind that I will win. But I started thinking...what do I want to do if I win one million dollars. That isn't enough to live on for the rest of my life unless I make some super shrewd investments. I know, after taxes, I would be lucky to have $600,000. Which would still be nice but sounds less sexy.

I began day dreaming of living at a beach in the off season. I hate beaches in the summer but give me an ocean in the winter and I am very happy. I thought, I could attend school full-time to be a psychological counselor. I am good at listening to problems and sometimes good at offering solutions. If I went to a counseling program, I could finally have a job I enjoy. So, I would spend my money on school and living work free while I went to school. I would also find a place where I could go swimming for exercise.

In my perfect world, I would weigh about 150 pounds less than I do now. I would be a counselor with my own practice, living in my own house, with my own car. If I were further daydreaming, I would have a wonderful wife. These don't seem like (and they aren't) impossible dreams.

Next time, I'll tell you what is standing in my way.

Food since last time: I had a fried chicken salad from Zaxby's with ranch dressing. It was a Caesar's salad in make up so cheese, bacon, croutons and lettuce only. I had a Dr. Pepper with that. For dinner, my mother made cube steak (tough but spicy) of which I had one piece with a small serving of rice and a bowl of spinach with some cheese and ranch dressing. This morning, I had my breakfast SEC biscuit with a Cheerwine and three mini-cruellers. I just had today's lunch, which was a Son of Baconator combo, large, with a Dr. Pepper. I also bought another 24 oz DP that I will be working on throughout the day.

Pop Culture: I read more of my Infinity Gauntlet omnibus, played my Marvel Puzzle Quest game on my tablet and listened to Sylvan Esso's new album in the car this morning while riding around.