Conclusions on Luck

"If Amanda didn't have bad luck, she wouldn't have any luck at all!"

... So says a friend of my mother's after hearing about the car wreck I was in a month ago, knowing I spent the last year being sick and going through 2 operations, getting fired from the job for which I moved to California, AND getting my heart fractured into pieces. Her opinion sounds like a reasonable statement, if not understated, in my humble opinion. I have tended to agree with the idea that I'm consumed by bad luck over the last few weeks. (Making me a miserable, depressing person to be around, I'm sure).

Last night, all that changed. I went down to Santa Cruz for the evening and walked into this brewery/restaurant downtown that I love for their atmosphere and beers and hate for their food. I sit down, order some snacks and start chatting. Unbeknownst to me, it is Raffle Night at 99 Bottles (of Beer on the Wall). [Yes, they do have 99 different beers offered. Amazing, huh?!] As soon as I get my first three tickets to be entered in the raffle, they call out my number! I yelled out "I GOT IT", much like I would in Bingo, and hopped downstairs to collect my prize, bowing and cheering the way there. Ok, so I only won a pint of beer, 3 beer cap magnets and the Lagunitas glass my pint came in, but Dude, I won something!!! That, my friends, is a turn in the tide of Luck. :)

Then comes Wednesday. Today added two nice items to my "good" list. :) Now for some decision-making!

I feel like I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum from where I was only 2 weeks ago. Is this how its supposed to go, or is this really just a handful of good luck to make up for the last year of hard things?

One thing I'm sure of, what a relief to have some positives come my direction....