Breakfast and A Day At The Race Track

Yesterday I was out all day. My husband took me to breakfast. It was good, I actually did good in eating.
After that he went to Arcadia, CA to the opening day of Santa Anita Races ( for some reason, I think we like opening days :) We got 2 free mugs, which we never keep, just not a collector of racetrack mugs. It was hot inside so I spend the most part outside right in front of the track where the horses run. There was a breeze so it was ok. Of course I had to go back and forth to tell my husband what horses I wanted him to bet for me. But I was ok since I was in the powerchair. I have always liked the # 7 horse.
So I almost all the time bet on it, then I go by the name of the horse and last the jockey. My husband reads the racetrack forms and most of the time goes by the horse's record of running and winning. Well I didn't win, but my husband did. We were ready to leave (he had not won anything either) and I told him I was going to go buy some hot wings, to take to my son, he followed me and he ended up getting something also. Since I had to wait for the hot wings. I told him to go ahead and pay for his food and wait for me at the tables. By the time I got to him he was almost done eating. I was eating a piece of hot wing, when he gets up and tells me. You know what? I am not going to leave here without winning any money, so there he goes and bets on the next race. He picked # 4 and 3 exacta box and bet $40.00 on that race alone. He came back with his purchased ticket. While waiting for the race to start I told him I was going to the bathroom. I took about 10 minutes. Well when I came back he had a BIG smile from ear to ear. And he said I won! I thought maybe $100-$200 hundred dollars. Well let me tell ya. He won a little over $1700.00. It payed 80 to 1, whatever that means, LOL. Everyone was yaying for him :). He went and cashed in, asked for change gave the clerk a tip and a few of the guys that he had been talking too. It's a custom of some that when you win BIG thats its nice to share. So that the luck will continue. He then handed me the $$, he always does :) And we headed back home. I was tired but all in all, we had a good time and it was worth it!

BTW are we allowed to post 2 different topics in 1 day? Oh well...... I just did, LOL

Once again have a great day :)