I managed to avoid the temptation of peeing away two bucks on a Lotto 6/49 ticket -- a decision that became all the more justified when I heard the winning $54M ticket was sold in western Canada.

That being said, here's hoping my dear sweet mother succumbed to greed, won big-time -- and feels inspired to do something really, really nice for her son. :)

Update

Unless mom had some reason to be in Camrose and buy a lottery ticket, my faint hope of her winning big bucks is pretty much zero. Damn. :^)