I’ve been treated well by whim, it seems. Yesterday while I was buying a bottle of iced tea at the gas station I decided I might as well buy a scratch ticket. I forgot about it until just now, produced the quarter I’d been carrying around, and scratched it.

Apparently I’ve won $10,000. This is wonderful news, for obvious reasons. My windfall comes in the midst of an amazing several days. I’ve had the most amazing streak of luck and everything is going more or less perfectly. I’ve been cheerful and confident and this is just a crown to the moment. It’s wonderful.