the lottery ticket(s)

ok, so this morning, before i left on my adventure in wonderland(see the entry below)........my workmates took up a collection to buy mutual lottery tickets in hopes of sharing the $240 million pot.......and i smiled as a put in my $1......and never quite admitted to my $2/week lottery habit (wednesdays and saturdays...$1 each)........and this afternoon i left work with a photocopy of our 20 numbers....in case i wanted to stay up til 11 and watch the drawing.....like i am awake at 11:00pm......my theory has always been that if i won the lottery....they would be looking for me......with lots of local buzz that somebody closeathand had won big.......and so i only actually check my cache of tickets on a random basis.......folks around here have won in recent months......a lady at the county school systen down the street from where i work son $2 million......and stayed ont he job.......and another local couple won several hundred thousand with a ticket bought while waiting at the krogers........so if good things come in threes.......it is my turn........