This is the first time we've had a Friday the 13th that Thak hasn't been deployed for. Strangely, this is the first Friday the 13th we've had that has shown any hint of bad luck. You see, Orren, who usually sleeps until at least 7, was up for the day at 4. Of course, it was Thak's day to get up with him, since he's got a 4-day weekend this time (although we're not sure why. 99% chance it's got to do with the El Paso Independent School District beginning classes this coming week. Strange... the Army never does anything like that for people who live outside the disgusting Northeast side of town, and therefore whose kids do not attend EPISD schools. Anyhow...)
After that, the luck got better. Thak told me, drearily, as we were driving somewhere, that he entered to win a toolbox in a raffle at school, but there's no way he was going to win because some other guy bought 20 tickets, and he had only bought 3. I told him that it only takes one, and just last week, in a cloth diaper giveaway, some girl had over 50% of the entries, but still didn't win, so don't think 20 ticket dude had a corner on winning, because he doesn't.
Two hours later, the phone rang. Wouldn't you know, Thak won that toolbox.
A $3000 toolbox is a pretty good return on 3 $5 raffle tickets! Take that, Friday the 13th!! Yeah!!
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