#1: Safe Deposit Box
#2: Attorney
#3: Accountant/Financial Advisor
Since I'm stuck for at least 15 days, I'd be forced to work. Gotta eat and keep the utilities on.
What I'd do with the money:
#1: Pay off all of my debt. Pay off all of my parent's debt.
#2: Buy a home on a large lot in Georgia with facilities to take care of pets in need of homes, in a good school district.
#3: Buy a home in Arizona for my parents to live in with room for me to visit as much as possible.
#4: I would not PURCHASE other homes (I think - pending financial advisor advice), but rather just stay in hotels. I'd probably still purchase through discount travel sites, but in 4-5 star facilities.
#5: Hopefully, I will be free to begin my first vacation somewhere WARM (maybe Austrailia) right around the time Winter break begins for my son, then it's back to school.
#6: I once thought I would work if I won "the jackpot". I've changed my mind. I will find plenty to do, such as beginning a HUGE vegetable, root and herb garden, growing fruits as the climate allows. I'd have a Rachael Ray stocked kitchen with every possible ingredient and kitchen tool at my finger tips. I'd have a healthy home made breakfast ready for my son before I drive him to school and an after school snack ready for my son after I pick him up from school every day.
#7: I'd nap every day as I see fit.
#8: I'd hire someone to my laundry, then give away all of my clothes to Goodwill after laundering keeping only a few items until I lost weight from working out in my new at-home gym (modest). Then, I'd tear up Banana Republic and American Eagle for new clothes. Perhaps, I might even begin wearing dresses, but nothing too expensive. It just doesn't make sense.
#9: Stepping back to my current domicile, I would pick out the few items I actually want, keeping photographs, electronics and a few other select items, then having a rummage "sale" where I essentially give everything away, though I'd likely have someone else manage the event.
#10: Buy new cars, probably Kia. I like the Optima. I'd definitely hook my parents up.
#11: When it's a bit warmer, I would plan a family vacation for my relatives in MI, IL & AZ maybe to a dude ranch or something.
#12: Return home, allow my son to finish his schooling, vacationing when possible as plane tickets would be at my whim, though tons of car travel destinations exist that he has yet to see. Follow him to post-secondary education, traveling, traveling, traveling whenever possible, eating well and living a healthy lifestyle, giving back to the community by volunteering and keeping my pet sanctuary in tact. I have a good five years to monitor it myself and staff it as appropriate to ensure adequate, top of the line qualified coverage during my travels.
-- I'm sure there would be investments and savings to allow my son and his lineage the best possible future, as well as my younger brother (10 years younger than me, 10 years older than my son) and his lineage.
Top 10 Travel Destinations I'd like to visit:
1: Australia
2: Canary Islands
3: Italy
4: Hawaii
5: Costa Rica
6: Japan
7: Fiji
8: Budapest, Hungary
9: Dubai
10: New York City