The Sad Story Of My Lucky Quarter...

Goes like this. Today I was out on an errand with Mom (I had to buy a birthday present for my friend otherwise I would have stayed home, out of the heat) and before I left I had flipped a quarter and called it right five times in a row! I told mom and she said it was impossible and told me to do it again. You know what? I did it again! and after that she told me to do it AGAIN so I did it AGAIN!!! By now I was sure this was the luckiest quarter in the world. Shortly we arrived at the drug store (that's where I would buy my present) and went in. After walking around and picking things out, I went up to pay. My payment would consist of: one loonie, one toonie, and 12 quarters. After I paid and Mom paid we got a lotto 649 ticket for my Dad, and after I picked the first box I flipped my quarter to find out whether I should keep the number ( do I keep 12 *flip* tails, nope *changes 12*). After that Mom had to line up again to pay, and I went outside and flipped my quarter. But I kept calling it wrong again and again and again!! "Oh no," I thought. "I must have given my lucky quarter to the cashier!" I went back in and Mom was just paying. When I got there she was done and my hope fell... but then I felt a second quarter in my pocket. So on the way home and after I got home I just kept flipping, but I only got it about half the time. I was very depressed, but I figure if one IS my lucky quarter I should give it a break to regain its luck. So that is what I will do. Calling it right five times in a row, three times is pretty lucky, you must admit. For the mathematicians among us, Mom says the odds of that are: "I don't know" AND THERE YOU HAVE IT FOLKS!

Back from Washington (The state)

I just yesterday got back from WA state. My Dad had a meeting in Olympia and we came along (Olympia is about 60 miles south of Seattle). On the way there we passed through Mount Rainier National Park. Mount Rainier is a volcano and we were only about a km from the top. When we got to Olympia we stayed in a topnotch hotel called Pheonix Inn suites. We got the best room =D! called the 'Governor's suite'. It was awesome!!!! Three times the size of a normal hotel room, TWO tvs and all the furnishings. Plus we could walk to the harbor. . . it's sea water but not on the coast. There is a channel that runs from the sea all the way down to Olympia. We only stayed there for three days though and then we were on the road again. We went up and drove around the coast after that, and camped right on the coast. I got to run through the waves, although I didn't get too far out (I've seen Jaws) and though we didn't seen any marine life we saw plenty of crab shrapnel (those gulls can be ruthless). After that we just drove home (camped on the slopes of Mount Rainier though). Did you know that the world's best Holiday Inn Express is in Spokane, WA? It even has its own hotel dog, a golden retriever named Kip. A grand total of about 30 hours driving. Ugh!