the hoop-la

So last night at clinicals my preceptor tells me that I HAVE to take the Kaplan NCLEX class. And I'm thinking yeah, whatever, that musta cost a fortune. And she probably was reading my mind cuz then she said she didn't have to pay for it, she won it. She said, "I never win anything, but I won that." And I was like...wow...how lucky. I never win anything either. And then she looked me straight in the eyes and said, "Today, you are going to win something. I can feel it."

So I'm driving home listening to the radio and Donnie Chase is talking about this amazing little basketball game/sucker/whistle that he found at Walgreens and they're giving them away on the air. So I'm like...wow...twins would love that crap. Basketball AND candy. So I call, get through on the first try, and win 2 suckers. (Proof that it's not WHAT you know, it's WHO you know when you need an extra prize from a radio show because you won something so incredibly cool but you just don't know which twin you're gonna give it to.)

I'm so excited now I can't sleep. And I gotta ask my preceptor tomorrow night what might happen to me on Friday. That woman is psychic.

Quote of the morning: "Forget the kids! Do you realize how many countless hours of fun and skill can be obtained with the Hoops Flicker?!" ---Melissa, in a text message, after the big win. You too can own one, for just 99 cents at Walgreens.