I Win!

Every year Roberts has a benefits fair. Its usually around the lunch hour, and you can reapply for flex spending accounts or add someone to your insurance plan or change what you are enrolled in.

There are also representatives from local banks, health programs, and the college bookstore. Every table has some sort of drawing with a prize, and there are also food tables with apples and cookies and other goodies. Most tables also have some sort of swag with their logo - last year I got a wonderful little sewing kit, the year before a first aid kit to keep in my desk drawer.

This year, I wasn't sure I would be able to walk clear over to the cultural life center, and I saved it for the end of my time on campus. I got there OK and took the elevator to the atrium. It was nice to see the familiar faces of friends in HR, and we chatted a bit while I picked up my enrollment forms. I wandered from table to table, signing up for the drawings and picking up a few freebies - a new squishy hand exercising blue foam star, a pen, a bottle of water.

I thought about the free chair massage, but there was always someone there, and I was tiring, so I passed. I managed to get as far as the elevator before rubber legs hit, but it wasn't the kind of tired that meant I had to sit immediately or fall over. I ambled slowly in the direction of the parking lot, and sank gratefully into the car seat, resting before attempting the drive home.

I didn't think much about the benefits fair until someone told me I had won one of the drawings - the one from the bookstore! I was so surprised - I don't often win door prizes. This was a lovely red water bottle with the RWC logo on it. I could feel my luck turning. No more tough breaks for me. No sir. I plan to keep up the winning streak! Why shouldn't I enjoy some good? I am done with the bad things. Time to get back to enjoying life. After all, goodness and mercy follow me all the days of my life. I'll take it!