A2 -- All or Nothing At All

I completed the first phase of the blog from A to Z. So, now it is on to phase 2, and back to the beginning of the alphabet. It is good to be back to good old A,B,C. Maybe these letters won't challenge my mind so.

If you will remember from yesterday, things weren't going so well. Mother had a very hard day.
Her mind was just cloudy, and that must be very upsetting to her because I think she realized for the first time, that, just maybe ,things weren't clicking just right. She did have a good night's sleep, and seemed to wake up this morning rested and happy. All day she was pleasant, and did not experience the fears and worries that seemed to be bothering her last evening. She enjoyed supper out at Bob Evan's, having her very most favorite french toast. She talked of being there before remembering other dinners there with her Mother and Daddy. That was impossible, but we don't correct these things, because what's to be gained from doing that. She enjoys her memories just the way they are. So, where yesterday nothing was ALL RIGHT, today everything was AOK.

And, if you remember yesterday's sad stories, Don and I had gone to the casino and won
Zero, Zilch. I rarely win anything, because I will only give them just a little money, and I play only penny machines! OH, big gambler. But, since today was an ALL day, let me tell you what happened. First, I was playing my usual little penny machine, where, if you get three bonus symbols, a little wheel goes around and lands on your fabulous bonus, usually anything from
50 cents to a BIG win of 15.00. Well, suddenly I spin, and the wheels go bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus! That has never happened before. When the wheel appears on the screen it says
$300.00. I couldn't look as the wheel spun around. Don nudged me and says, "Look where it stopped." Yep, you guessed it, on the $300.00.

Well, I was still feeling faint from all this excitement, when a lady's voice came on the speaker system and says, "It is time for our very first drawing for $1.000.00 for our weekend special give-away. And our very first winner is - Phyllis Smith from Anderson!" I mouth flew open, and I about fell out of my chair. Then I had 10 minutes to get to the Club Centaur office to claim my winnings. When I got there they said I had to have my photo ID. I had left all that at home.
But they did let us go get it, and return for my winnings.

So you see where yesterday was a "Nothing at All" day, today definitely had it ALL.

And last night I lay awake until 4AM thinking about how we were going to solve all our problems. They aren't solved this evening, but things seem a whole lot brighter. Tonight I
will either sleep or think about how to spend my money.

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