Life List Day 180 - Tour Camarillo, CA

I was up in Camarillo to meet with a book club and - since I got there early - my friend, Monica (who is from there & whose mom's book club we were going to) toured me around the town for a couple hours.

It felt like one of Huell Howser's shows...where he visits seemingly ordinary places in California and uncovers their secret charms. I only knew about Camarillo as the home of outlet malls, so I was pleasantly surprised at all the cute old buildings, sweeping farms, and interesting twists and turns.

Plus, coming from a beach town where things are always bustling, it was strange to see that not that far from home is a place that actually gets dark at night...and utterly soundless.

Life List Day 92 - Play the Lottery

I'm always saying how I'd love to win the lottery - but I never actually buy a ticket, which I think really stands in the way of the likelihood that I'll win.

Today, I went to my local 7-11 & bought a scratcher lottery ticket and two Super Lotto tickets (one "Quikpik" and one where I played my roulette numbers, including lucky numbers 11, 12 and 27).

The scratcher, as it turned out, was a bust.

The Super Lotto I won't know about until tomorrow (so if there's a headline that begins Woo - hoo!, you'll know).

I know the odds are, like, a billion to one, but that's better than if I hadn't bought a ticket at all. All in all, a fair amount of entertainment for three bucks.