Wednesday
Apr142010
Because you never know...
April 14, 2010 
Last night I dreamed I won 22.500,00 euro in the lotto. At the end of a very exhausting shopping session in an attempt to fill up our empty kitchen cupboards and the fridge, all that was left to do was get into the newsagent to purchase a new row of lotto tickets for the draws to come, and exchange the old one. The girl at the counter scanned our old ticket and squeaked "Oh my God, Oh my God, 22.500,00 Euro! You won!! You won!!" Suddenly on high alert I was looking around to find the person that was so lucky to have won anything at all, when the guy queuing behind me started tapping me on the shoulder, and grinned:' Well done ma'am, well done!" Confused as I was I tried to focus on my husbands face, and saw a big smile develop there, which finally made me realize that the countergirl was referring to us! WE had won! Visions of that new Canon EOS Mark I and the 27" quad cored iMac all of a sudden shimmered in front of me and I asked the girl to check the ticket just one more time, because you never know..... She took the scanner at hand and beamed the red light over the barcode on my ticket.... bleep.....Bleep......BLEEP....
That was no scanner, that was my alarm clock! Very grumpy and disillusioned I thumped the thing on the head and looked at my left. There he was, my husband, sleeping like a baby, open mouth and bad breath of course, and he had no clue that I was nearly in tears over a loss of 22.500,00 euro I had just suffered! Aarrrgghh!!! I threw my pillow on his face and staggered out of bed, into the bathroom, ignoring his grunts over this rude awakening. I spent at least 20 minutes in the shower, washing off my disappointment, as the chances of ever winning the lotto had just reduced to zero that night, because everyone knows that dreams never come true!
At breakfast I had some explaining on the pillow throwing to do, and of course he started making fun of me! "Whehehe, you and your negative thinking! Certainly we will win the lotto one day, and if not 22.500,00 euro, than 50 euro will do just fine too!" Totally satisfied with himself he munched into his bacon and eggs again, leaving me with the difficult decision on whether or not to kill him right now, or wait until he had put the waste bin out, as it was collecting day.
While watching dearest take out the garbage I noticed the neighbours cat on our front garden path. Lovely animal, from a distance that is, 'cause she was black!! "Darling, you have to knock on wood, after passing by that cat, don't forget please, because you never know!!" He nodded, blew me a kiss and waved goodbye before he stepped into his car and drove off. I hate people that tempt faith! So I walked up to the apple tree in the front yard and gently tapped the trunk. That was another misfortune avoided!
Pleased with myself I hung back the horseshoe above the front door, that for some unclear reason had obviously fallen down. The phone rang and I hurried back inside. It was my best friend calling to set a date for a dinner party at her house. We discussed the possibilities, and decided for a date in a couple of weeks, as she was going on vacation first. She told me the new skis she bought were very modern and comfortable and it would be a piece of cake to do all the black pistes to which she was very looking forward!! Being very happy for her as she was so deserving a vacation I wished her a lovely one, told her to 'break a leg' and that I loved her and, after putting the receiver down, was finally ready to start working. I made myself a nice pot of tea, first used the cold tap before rinsing the pot with hot water of course, because you never know if otherwise a Djin might be entering your tea. Then I settled myself in my office and turned on the radio. Nice! Stevie Wonder!!
While pouring the tea I sang along on top of my lungs: 'Very superstitiouuuuuuus'....
Reader Comments (14)
That is a gorgeous picture. My, dreams of winning the lottery and plenty of superstitions! Great story.
Two of my co-workers and I go in on the lottery every week. We keep hoping this week we'll get lucky! We're still working there, so apparently we're just not lucky!! ;) I have to tell you, I read your stories with an Irish brogue - too fun. :)
*LOL* Lovely post! Love that picture, lovely mood !
You made me smile!!! Our lives are so full of superstition..and of dreams that may never come true. Still - we continue to buy those lottery tickets..because next time - may be the lucky one!!
Love the image..and how you processed it. That cat's eyes are mesmerizing (should I knock on wood???).
LOL, Marion. I loved every second of this and laughed every time you wrote "because you never know." The thing is, you never DO know. And as they say, you can't win the lottery if you don't buy the ticket! Actually, my partner in a past life DID win $250K once, so needless to say, she continues buying tickets to this day. Too bad I wasn't with her at the time. HA! BTW, you sure do know how to make a black cat LOOK like a black cat is apparently supposed to look!
What a great and amusing post! You put a big smile on my face :) And the cat looks gorgeous!
I thoroughly enjoyed this post--especially the line about killing the dear one after putting out the trash. You made my morning!
Oh Marion, such fun and I'm still laughing my butt off (wishful thinking ;-))! The photo fits perfectly with your well written post and I now feel better having put my thoughts into words - because you never know ...
Enjoy a kharma blessed day and peace to you ...
That was great, made me laugh and relate...isn't it funny how we all have these little superstitions handed down to us from who knows where, but somehow we carry them forward...and the photo, oh! Makes me want another kitty, wait, I did NOT just say that...now I better go knock on wood, or something...
Not only am I superstitious, I have arbitrary rules about things .... and my husband regularly gets in trouble for things he did in MY dreams!
Great tale
xo
@Mark: Thanks a lot for your comment!
@Toni: That is really funny to read my stories like that. Of course I hope you and your colleague will won the lottery at some stage, but if you don't mind, after I won please ;-)
@POBSB: I am glad the entry caused you a bit of fun
@Marcie: Thanks Marcie, and I hope you had some wood around, to knock on
@Ginnie: Do you think that those 250K would have made you happy? Two days ago we had a winner in the Irish Lotto of 16,7 million euros, the second highest jackpot ever in the history of Irish lotto. I so wonder if that person that bought the ticket is getting happier by having won such an out of proportion amount of money! I doubt it, for starters, his/her privacy is gone, as the first thing that always happens here is find out who actually won, they have interviews with the shopkeeper who sold the winning ticket, etcetera, you get the drill...... I am not sure that is very recommendable to anyone winning the lotto, being exposed in the end.
@sil: That is good, glad to have made you smile
@Jill: It seems that every woman recognizes that feeling of truly wanting to kill your spouse in your thoughts. :-D Highly amusing in my opinion
@Linda: If that would work Linda, I would start a 'laughing your but off' clinic, and I am sure I would NOT have to win the lotto then, to become filthy rich!! ;-)
@ mrs mediocrity: you are so right, it is amazing how these superstitions keep us busy every now and then
@kath: LOL! I totally recognize that!!
Evryone, thanks so much for your lovely comments! I appreciate it big time!!!
Very funny...it was a weird synchronicitous (is that a word?) day for sure!
hi marion, you know sometimes i can get very funny about superstitions - i definitely always 'touch wood' after i've just said something like ' well, i've had 5 punctures on my car in the last 2 weeks, but touch wood there won't be any more'. and so far (i'm not even going to say it :) ) there haven't!!!
Oh I never win in lotteries and games. But if I have had something happened during the day and it all went well I usually buy a lottery ticket :-) Love the eyes on the cat.