It Must Be Those Darn Kids Trying to DePENCE Me!

This was not a good week for penny-picking. I wonder if other Future Pennyillionaires had the same problem. The only logical explanation I can form is that my former life as a teacher is catching up with me, and the current crop of back-to-school students are making me the object of their pranks.

I've been dePENCEd!

Not cool, kids. Not cool. Of course, I could just be making them the scapegoats when in reality it is The Universe dealing out justice. After all, some of these young whippersnappers might not even know what a penny IS. To them, you spend thin air by waving a plastic card. They go from the cradle to the classroom thinking pennies aren't good for anything besides swallowing, or jamming up their nostrils, or throwing across the gym.

I did manage to find ONE SINGLE PENNY on FRIDAY, August 16. Whew! I heard my pennylogical clock ticking.

See it there? Under the Funyuns? Under the overhang of the mis-shelved bag of Cheetos? Don't be fooled into thinking that white thing under the box of Sequin Slap Bracelets is a dime. It's most likely a tear-off seal from a bottle of energy supplement. And that's not another penny up in the left corner. That's a drop of soda.

I'm sure that by now, you recognize the filthy floor of Orb K. My penny was heads-up, a 1976 throwback. That was the year Val was VALEDICTORIAN, you know!

I managed to snap my pictures and pick up my rightful penny without even falling on my face! I've still got it, by cracky!
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2019 Running Total
Penny     # 83.
Dime      still at 15.
Nickel    still at 8.
Quarter   still at 4.

2018 TOTALS
Penny  131
Dime  17
Nickel  6
Quarter  1

2017 TOTALS (Started in March, 2017)
Penny  78
Dime   6
Nickel  0
Quarter  0
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