This Week in VALstory...

Such a good week for Val! Luck was riding shotgun with her in T-Hoe.

It started on Sunday, May 14, with a $3 crossword scratcher from Orb K. The gal who gave it to me giggled and said, "Oops! That's the last one." Au contraire. It was the FIRST one. I guess they had loaded the roll backwards, and had been dispensing them in descending order, because my ticket was 000. I am not a fan of the first ticket on the roll. I would rather have the last than the first, but preferably anything in between. So I was not overly optimistic when  I scratched. 

I had 8 words! That's worth $100. So I'm not hatin' on the 000s for a while.

Then on Monday, May 15, I had ANOTHER $100 winner. This time from Country Mart's left machine, on a $5 crossword. I didn't take a picture of that one. It's not such a big deal to me on a $5 ticket. That was on ticket number 056. That roll only goes to 059.

Reveling in my good fortune, I went high-rollin' on Wednesday, May 17, with a $30 ticket. You might not believe this, but it won $100. That's not really remarkable, so no photo. There are 20 tickets on a roll, and six winners, with one on each roll being a hundred. Still, it's nicer to win $100 than nothing for your thirty dollars! That one came from the Liquor Store, and was also ticket number 000.

Well. You can imagine my elation at such a good week, all in the span of four days. I was prepared for the pendulum to swing the other way. Not even money back on Thursday or Friday. But enough to combine with my weekly allowance to keep playing, after stashing away the majority of my good fortune in my casino bankroll. 

Saturday, May 20, I was more-than-pleasantly surprised! I had planned to buy the newest $10 ticket at the Liquor Store, but forgot it while talking to the cashier and getting my $3 tickets. So I figured I could get one out of Country Mart's machines. Decisions, decisions. Left machine or right machine? I picked the left machine, because that's the one I seem to get the best winners from. It did not disappoint.

I found the WIN ALL symbol on the last row of this $10 scratcher! When I saw the first prize was $50, I was speechless! And then when they were ALL $50 prizes, I was dying to tell Hick. But he was in the bathtub. So I held my tongue until after supper (meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and corn on the cob), then showed him my ticket. That's a $1000 winner, by cracky!

That means we will have to drive to the city, to a regional MO Lottery office, to claim my winnings. It's by appointment only now. In 10-minute increments. So I guess we'll have to get there early and wait, because you never known when traffic might be tied up. Such a terrible problem to have...

Yes. It was a VERY GOOD week for Val's scratchers. Three $100 winners, and a $1000 winner! Now I'm ready to be Even-Stevened. Winning streaks never last. But neither do losing streaks.