I'm a winner!!

A couple of days ago, I entered a contest Now Radio was doing for Taylor Swift tickets.  Since Taylor Swift usually sings songs about breakups, they had asked their listeners to post their own break up stories for a chance to win.  The first two times they requested them, I ignored it - I figured I didn't really have a good story to tell, but in discussing breakups with Ben, I realized I did have a some-what amusing story, so the third time they posed the question to the listeners, I typed my story out:

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In this story I was unfortunately the Dumper. I was dating James for a week and a half, when I realized that I had made a mistake, and that I didn't really like him as more than a friend. Unfortunately I made this realization while we were at the Stampede together. He figured out something was up, and just as we got on the "Safeway Sky Ride" - (basically a ski chair lift that went across the whole park) he asked me what was up, saying if this wasn't going to work - he wanted to know now. So I told him that I didn't think it would... which took all of a minute - and then we sat in silence for the WHOLE REST OF THE RIDE (it's about a 10 minute ride). I started looking at the ground below thinking "it's not that far - I can jump!" When we got off the ride, I asked what he wanted to do - thinking we could still spend the day as friends, and he said "I think I'm just going to go home" gave me a hug, started crying - and took off. I felt awful.

Fast forward to 4 years later, and I ended up becoming really good friends with his friend - which I didn't know until he showed up to a party I was at. I hid and whispered to my friend that he was my ex, and her first reaction was "YOU'RE THE SAFEWAY-SKY RIDE BITCH?!?!"

...awesome.
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I was one of about 500-600 entries, some of which were posted multiple times.  Stories of broken marriages, catching someone cheating,  and even a couple where the Ex was arrested.  And yet, I was a winner!  I couldn't believe it!

I had left work early yesterday to help Ben's parents paint our bedroom in our Condo, and Ben called me asking if I had heard from anyone - I said no, and he told me I was one of the winner's for the Taylor Swift tickets!  Out of the 500-600 entries that were posted, three people were chosen, and I guess my Skyride story was among them!

(Oh - and as I'm typing this, I just got a call to book make-up for a wedding next month - EVERYTHING'S COMING UP HEATHER!! )

Even though Ben and I have been working our asses off lately, moving, painting, packing - and then topping off the day with sleeping on a mattress in the middle of our living room floor (which doesn't make for any kind of comfortable, restful sleep), I'm in such a great mood! 

Winning something, no matter big or small - is such a mood lifter!  More people need to win things - the world would be such a happy place!