Thoughts of early retirement...GONE!

Yesterday, I was feeling good. I had happy thoughts of early retirement. Why? Because I was going to hit it big at the casino.

There's a casino about an hour from my home. Periodically throughout the year, I visit the establishment in the hopes of hitting it big! Yesterday was different. I could feel it in my bones. I knew that was the day that I was going to beat the house and go home a winner.

If I win big, I'll retire. I'll travel. I'll spend some of my free time working with kids by volunteering at a school. I figure I'm still young (shut up, I am so!) so I could still have a lot to offer. I have high hopes of being a philantropist (sp). But once again all those lofty thoughts and high hopes are quickly vanquished by the push of a button.

Oh I tried to make my dreams come true. But all my friends let me down. Shrimpmania, Lobstermania, Tabasco, Wheel of Fortune, Catch a Wave, Texas Tea...they all had other ideas. They took and they took and they took yesterday and left me with one dollar and seventy-eight cents.

I guess it's back to work for me. Dang!