Well, I bought a Lottery Scratcher ticket yesterday, one of those Millions in Cash five dollar tickets. Turns out it was a most unusual ticket. Of the 16 numbers on the ticket, there were 11 winning numbers. The number 33 was on the card five times, with $6 each win; the number 12 was on the card twice, with $6 wins; the number 11 won twice at $6 each, and the number 30 also won multiple times, for $6 each. In addition, there was a 20x (twenty times) win at $2, for a total of $40. The total win on the card was $100. What to do with a hundred? Well, we took a drive to Temecula, of course, and cruised through the Promenade Mall environs looking for something that appealed to us. Aha ! There was P.F. Changs, with its huge corner windowed double sided bar. Coincidentally, it was the prime of the Happy Hour, with special prices. We ordered a beer for him and a Vodka Gimlet for me (my absolute favorite drink, it is such a delicious buzz), and vegetable dumplings and peppered calamari. Yum ! They serve the Happy Hour delights with hot mustard and several dipping sauces. The list of appetizers is plentiful and includes such delights as crispy green beans. So we savored my mini fortune and for the first time in many many months, I felt filled with the joy of the complete abandonment of all cares or worries. Not because of the little bit of cash, of course, but because this was one of those rare occasions that I give myself a respite from my many endeavors. It is clear to me now that taking a break once in a while is a good thing, and P.F. Chang's is a great place to go to take a break. So ! P.F. Changs is now my preferred place to go for a Happy Hour treat. Thank heavens Temecula has it now.
After the Vodka made my arms feel like wet noodles (they were that relaxed), we drove to the B & N (Barnes and Noble), where I ordered a sobering latte and browsed the Sandra Brown books. (Being just barely over five feet tall, it takes little alcohol to affect me.) We lingered at the bookstore for an hour or so, savoring previews of the latest novels and also arts and crafts books before heading back home to Gio, my little Italian Greyhound. Driving home, I imagined that this little spot of good luck was a sign that the universe is preparing me for a much much bigger stroke of good fortune. Okay, I am paying attention; my full attention is engaged and ready. Of course the better part of good fortune is already mine: I live in the Temecula environs with its perfect weather and beautiful topography and there is a P.F. Chang's in the Promenade.
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