ta turns 90 today, so i wanted to surprise him. on the way home from chick-fil-a, i stopped at a convenience store to buy scratch-offs. he loves to gamble, play the lottery, and win on scratch offs. considering i never buy those, i got him a mix of tickets. 9 total to be exact. when i went to his room, he was confused as to why i gave him scratch-offs. i told him i went to the gas station so i bought them while i was there. my mom later told me he doesn’t know it’s his birthday, so that’s why he asked me. we sat in his room while he went through each ticket. ta passed me one when he was done scratching them off. one by one he didn’t win anything. we went 0-8, that is until the last ticket. feeling dejected, i inspected the last ticket not expecting much. to both of our surprises, he ended up winning $5 with a 20x bonus, which means he got a 100 piece off the last ticket!! tomorrow either mom or i will have to go claim his prize.
we both were excited, which has me thinking we should do this more often.
-ratha, 8:49pm, 4.5.22