Our mostly mundane Mega Millions dreams

The Mega Millions jackpot is up to $640 million
dollars. What would you do with all that money? The people
standing in line with me buying lottery tickets say they’d
pay off bills, pay for their kids’ college education and
maybe take a vacation.

That’s it?

Have we lost our ability to dream big?

Friends on Facebook, for the most part, also have
practical plans.

Matt Carter would get health
insurance for all his staff, give everyone raises, have a
bunch of great sales, have a nice long vacation, then
spend the rest of my life working towards a just and
equitable society.

Greg Forinash says he would “keep doin’ what I’m doin’
because I love the people I work with. That, and pay off
my kids’ student loans.”

Jeffery Berg says, “All I want to do is pay off my home
and my car and maybe go on vacation.”

Tracy Record, who runs the West Seattle Blog, would
hire more help. She works harder than anyone I know. She’d
keep working?

Dave Sheldon would pay off the debts of his friends and
close family, put a large amount into accounts for his
kids, “then fly my friends to Hawaii and throw one heck of
a beach party.”

Thanks to the friends who say they’d buy me the Harley I want. I’ll hold
you to it.

I have my tickets, but equally mundane plans. I’d pay
off bills, take care of my family and friends, and buy a
bigger house.

Why don’t more of us have mega money dreams? Maybe we
don’t want our lives to change all that much. We see
celebrities with millions of their own who don’t seem all
that happy. Nah. It’s probably the reality that we’re not
going to win.

I can’t win because I bought my ticket in Seattle.
People who win buy their tickets in some quickie-mart on
the outskirts of a tiny town. I should have bought lottery
tickets near Sultan.

Related:

What to do when you win
the Mega Millions (As if)

By LINDA THOMAS