Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Happy New Year?

We are days from the beginning of another year, a time when reflection on the past and how to improve the situation are top of mind. I bought a lottery ticket for the first time in 20 years, and of course didn't win last Tuesday, jackpot is now over 200 million, do we need another? Is one dollar the price of hope today? One simple buck and dreams and miracles play in one's brain until the smiling lotto lady dashes them a day or two later. It would be nice, my siblings all agreed to share their 96 million if they won, but holding that ticket would certainly change my life.

Number one my husband's and daughters' anxiety would diminish to the point where I bet we could discontinue therapy within 2 months. Or would all that available cash just cause more worry? I might just have a heart attack when I read off the numbers and realized I had won, and then how in the world does one turn the ticket in without revealing oneself so as to avoid the whole publicity thing and potential thieves. It is beginning to sound complicated. I have to think about this trade off.

I could vastly improve my living conditions, here I see no drawbacks or complications I could even tolerate continued housing within the arctic circle so my daughters could keep their friends as I could actually jet off the warmer climates on a weekly basis if necessary. We would call them "geography lessons" on our homeschooling transcripts.

I could fund our little theatre enterprises including space for whatever we need. Now the only drawback here is I already need a business manager, an accountant, and someone for property management. I think I could handle these complications with the right people in place. This would also allow time for the whole creative aspect of the theatrical business that I do like. I would hire drones as needed too, or maybe just one full time specialist for each technical area that came with the space. That could work, privately funded of course so I don't have to deal with unions. Or wait... will that happen too. Another concern.

We would move but do we change churches? We are a bit entrenched in our current parish, maybe a large donation earmarked for something special before we leave would make departure easier. We should really have moved on three years ago, before we hit the high school problem. Daughter #1 is pretty well schooled in the tenets of her faith, her sisters lack a bit in that area making them less able to defend their faith as they will need to at their current home church, or with their friends. Leaves them much more open to heresy problems. O K this question deserves its' own post and I don't know if it is good or bad so I will just move on.

We would get the cash discount on the dual braces, which would be lovely, and have all the dental nonsense taken care of with nary a concern. Here again no drawbacks it would just make it faster and less painful for the parents. Thinking about this, is insurance necessary for those who have mega millions? I mean does Oprah carry any kind of insurance? And if so why? When all those bills are just inconsequential to your personal budget, wouldn't eliminating the hassle of insurance companies be a dream come true? No pretreatment permission, no referrals, no arguing over what is a medical necessity and what is not, this would keep my mail box much emptier. I guess the car thing you would have to continue, I would push for getting rid of laws that make insurance a requirement, if you can pay your own way why bother.

I could give people jobs, this would be very cool, I could even employ my children if needed. And my special needs girls could go to Landmark for as long as they needed. This would be way fun, we could also visit Vermont and family on a more regular basis, plan family events twice a year, travel, etc. Only challenge here is homeschool becomes more difficult. This shouldn't happen but the fun option sometimes interfere with certain academics. More choices can be overwhelming, I know they learn from all sorts of things but touring Ireland would put algebra on the back burner, and rightfully so but, when do we schedule that math?

Time is running out and this is getting wordy, and I need a lottery ticket. If I win...well, we will live with the consequences tough as it is. And if we don't it will be a good new year anyway.

Happy New Year 2011

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