I started thinking about what I would do if I won. Call me a pragmatist, but it would be quite boring. I would immediately write Uncle Sam a check for approximately $14,000 so we clear up the little affair called my student loans. Another check would be sent to my credit card company and settle that account. I'd also help set my parents up and take care of them, repaying them for all they've done for me over the years.

Now I would purchase a nice little condo on the Milford beach and set up house. No McMansions for me! A cozy little cottage for me and my books, where I could organize and clutter at my pleasure and not have my mother getting on my case for leaving stacks of junk mail and books on my desk. Perhaps I'd get a nice little loft in the NYC for weekend getaways to the city or when I'd go in for classes, as I would be able to afford that Museum Studies degree I want.

The rest of the jackpot, well, I'd set up one trust to help different charities and arts foundations, another in investments to help take care of my home and all the minutiae of everyday life and most importantly I would set up my travel fund. This would allow me to go anywhere and everywhere at a moments notice. Carnaval in Brazil, New Year's in Sydney, London and then NYC or a month on the Amalfi coast.

Of course I’d throw in ridiculous luxury items like an black Hermes Birkin bag or maybe a burgundy Luella. A pair or two of Manolos and Jimmy Choo’s and a couple Diane von Furstenberg dresses, and building for them the ultimate walk-in closet that I've always dreamed.

Alas, I am a realist and know that it is highly doubtful I'll ever hit the jackpot. But it is still nice to escape to that world where all worries are miles away and dreams are reality. So the next time the Powerball jackpot is huge, I'll go out and buy myself a ticket and hope for the best.

Though, I, too, was a winner on the February 18th drawing. Thanks to my buddy Hank, who forced three Powerball tickets and wouldn't take them back, I won 7 bucks. I owe him a couple spins on the dance floor, once his hip is healed.