Riding off the longest work day...

I just checked the lotto numbers from the megamillions drawing last night and.......i didn't win. I've never won even a free ticket from the lottery, actually one time i won $10 from a $10 scratcher a friend bought me as a birthday present, that was pretty awesome. So i guess I still have to go to work today...

   On monday I woke up at 2:40am and dragged myself out of bed to start getting ready for my day, i was planning on riding in for my 5am to 2pm shift, which ended up being a 5am to 6pm shift, yep, super shitty day. I just recently got a promotion at work and am now a Department Supervisor, I'm running the Millwork Department at the Home Depot I work at(doors, windows, moulding, exterior shutters, porch posts, awnings, things like that), and I've been working some long days. Monday turned into the longest long day I've ever had at work. I didn't get much done that I'd planned which is turning into the norm, and it seemed that we just couldn't buy a break from the steady flow of customers. Lots of customers is a good thing, but so is ordering product, and checking my departments out-of-stocks, status of incoming po's and making sure we have what we need to ensure that our business is doing good. Well all that went out the window on monday, and we just helped customers and did orders all day. When i clocked out at 5 minutes til 6, I turned from the timeclock in the breakroom and saw my 1977 Raleigh Supercourse fixed gear in the corner of the breakroom where I'd left it at 5am and smiled. I knew I needed the ride home as much as I needed my next drink of water. I hit the road after changing and started riding off the long day I'd had, my mind wandered over what I didn't get done during my shift, what the rest of the week might be like and what me and the lady might be eating for dinner later. I didn't push myself hard on the ride. It just felt great to be anywhere but at work, and on a bicycle.

   When I fantasize about what I'd do if I win the lottery, I always think about buying a new bike, a Rivendell, and what kinda adventure I'd go on first with it. Would I try to do the epic ride through Back Bay Wildlife Sanctuary into False Cape State Park and through to Corolla North Carolina? Would I just ride around Norfolk all day one day? And then I check the numbers, realize that I am indeed going to work later, and keep dreaming.