Bob Cramer's Blog

Your ever-opportunistic blogger was out and about yesterday in Buckhead and decided to partake in the Mega Billions lottery craze.  Finding myself in the brand new office tower adjoining Phipps Plaza, I ducked into the little newspaper stand and said hit me with $10 worth of those life changing random numbers.

Well, well, well.  I awake this morning to learn that, you guessed it, one of the two mega-mucho-money winning tickets was purchased at this EXACT place.  Now, now, you all calm down.  I am going to take my time, have my coffee and do some planning before I check my winning numbers.

First, must focus on security.  How do I keep people from stealing that magic piece of paper?  My house is now officially a no-fly zone and everything is on lock down.  No kids’ friends over to study for exams, no UPS deliverers claiming to be bringing Holidays goodies, and no guests over for eggnog or to see our Christmas tree that I must say is well done this year.

Second, I need to plan how I am going to quit my job.  Everybody quits their job after winning mega millions, right?  I need to walk right to the boss’s office, burst in no matter who is in there, and tell him adios. I would like to say goodbye to my work colleagues but maybe I will just send them each a check instead.

Third, I need to get ready to hear from some new relatives; so many new cousins coming out of the woodwork that they may topple my family tree. The phone will surely ring like crazy so might need to change my number, get a new email and definitely drop all that Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter stuff while I am it.

I must say, it is getting kind of lonely planning for my big winnings.  But money is money and all these millions will change my life.  I can’t wait.  Maybe now I need to look at my ticket and confirm the inevitable.  Well, here I go and there is no going back to the way it used to be.