President's Day

I called my son to see if the horses were running on President's Day.  They were and he wanted to go so we made plans. Then my youngest wanted to go too so we invited the oldest to come with us. Yes, an outing with all three of my kids. Lauren wanted to invite her boyfriend and Paul wanted to bring his girlfriend so plans were made to meet at Lauren's place. On the way down, Beth called and her husband finished work early so Jody was coming too. Lauren's childhood friend joined us at the races and we were off.
I don't know anything about race horses. Paul goes with recommendations from the pros. Jody goes with jockeys on a winning streak.  Lauren bets on dapples. Beth goes with the latest time trials for the horses. I just go with names I like. Names like "Go google yourself", "whoa nellie", and "American butterfly ". Needless to say, I don't get rich but I have fun. I bet on a horse called"Ms. Betty" cause that was my husband's mother's name. A long shot that came in and put me in the black.
Paul and his girlfriend told us he had won four hundred dollars at the black jack table and she had won two hundred. After I cashed in my ticket from Ms. Betty I headed to the casino to see if they would give me some pointers.  I never found them in the casino and I got tired so I sat down at a slot machine and vowed to walk away once I lost ten dollars or I doubled my ten whichever came first. I lost four, then I won six, then lost two, and then the numbers on the machine just went bonkers. I knew I doubled my money, but wasn't really sure that what I saw on the screen was correct.  It was...