[Elgin Clock]

In kinda particular order, but at the same time in random order as well.

1) Pay off the taxes right away - Kind of a given with most lotteries.

2) Hire my own parents as consultants for investing/money matters. Then secure them a place to call home for the rest of their lives. No mortgages, no rent, no more of that ever again.

3) Lock money in a CD or some other kind of secure investments (IRA's CD's) etc... (I know myself, I would be wayyyy to tempted to blow through all of it right away if I didn't do something like that right away.)

4) Drop work & focus on School (pretty much studying the same thing I'm going for currently (ME) maybe or stray off into a more focused field like Architecture.) Any college would be an option at that point. And since I won't be juggling work & school which I loathe, I could actually learn something in my classes, and not just get a passing grade.

5) Pick some land (somewhere) and secure it to build a home on (been working on that plan since High School) & raise a family and all that jazz.
(Oh, and it has to include a field house big enough to host a mini-comp. With full shop capabilities as well.)

6) Secure my brother & sister's college career was all set. Wherever they wanted to go, 100% paid for - All living & school related expenses.

7) Upgrade everything in my life. (Electronics, cars, etc. etc.) Basically have a lot of toys.

8) Travel... and by that I mean both overseas, in the USA, and maybe for one year just go around everywhere a favorite band of mine tours and go see every show. (It doesn't even have to be in the front row everytime either.)

9) Invest in projects my current friends/family have. I know of a bunch friends/family of mine have currently, and that would be my first case of charity.

10) Secure my team endless sponsorship. (not 100% - we still want to teach kids the importance of fundraising, and working together as a team) but we would just have more options.

11) ~10 FRC teams a year would be sponsored. - Applications would be filled out and the need to maintain existing teams in financial trouble would preside over starting new ones. (That's just how I feel about that matter, my personal opinon.) And I would visit every one of them to try and help out as well. I'm not just going to write a check and be nameless. I want to be involved.

12) All clubs or organizations I am currently involved in or have been in the past would get some kind of donation if they are still in existence.

13) Put some money into programs to study medical issues that people I know have, or my own to help find cures/better treatments.

14) Side projects of my own. We all have little ideas that we think "if only I had the time or money" (no matter how silly they may seem at the time) we would jump at the chance to focus on. This would be my version of "work" if the other 13 items above didn't count as keeping me busy enough. lol

15) Last but not least... try and breathe and enjoy life and chill out.
(kind of hard to do with this huge to-do list above, but it can be accomplished)