My Lottery Win

The dreams started when I was in my early twenties and the numbers were all in elevens...meaning that I won 110,000....11,000....110,000,000, etc. The dreams persisted for a few years until I did an art piece entitled "11even Million in Mi Sleep". The dreams stopped! I knew in some distant time I would win a huge amount and the winning dates eventually went from fuzzy to clear. 
I came up with this prayer/ meditation/ affirmation hybrid that I would repeat whenever I was driving or showering. I kept it simple, with no rambling. The words encompassed most of what I desired and they were soft demands, thank yous for things that either had not happened or just maintaining present day realities. 

Over the years I would "work out" the gift money split among family and friends in my head. I settled on giving my mom a huge amount (knowing she would spread some of the winnings out to family); keeping a sizable amount for myself and immediate family and giving a few friends some of the rest. I haven't spent a huge amount of time and money on the lottery; figuring that there was a "sick algorithm" built into the games that would not allow many major winners and that it was a "hope tax". Boy, was I ever wrong as I later found out how my three dollar "investment" turned into such a huge windfall. 

Happiness is an understatement!! I'm funking happy...hell I feel as though I've invented happiness!

Here's my plans:
Hire an attorney and accountant (referred by my family)
Will gather my mother and wife's mother in one place and present their share. 
Will set up my below 18 year old children's trust fund accounts. 
Will get my 2 grown children together and give their share. 
Pay off all of our bills.
Will give 10 special people at my job $50,000 a piece
Will jump start my band and get some rehearsal space, equipment and pay everyone a nice salary so they could quit their jobs.
Hire an architect, get a house (one that my wife and I will aesthetically agree on) designed and built wherever the hell we want to live. 

Of course this is a very basic list of what I'll be doing over the next few months as there are many things that are not listed that involves protecting me and my family and keeping the "remember me, we cool right?" folks at bay. I will write in this space chronicling my new found wealth, the highs and the lows, the arguments with my wife about furniture and home design details (I know they will be coming...;>).