Cutting Confetti

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On a weeklong visit to my mother’s home in early 2022, I found time to hand cut 490 pieces of confetti from a Lotto 6/49 slip, my grandfather’s lottery game of choice. Each piece measured 2 mm x 3.5 mm. This task took just over 90 minutes to complete and required borrowed tools and adornments. I used my sister’s gridded cutting mat and transparent plastic ruler, my father’s folding utility knife, and my mother’s favorite pair of Zwilling J.A. Henckels scissors. I also wore her prized diamond ring. In preparation for this cutting work, I sat down for a gel manicure with applied gems (clipping, dipping, filing, buffing, painting, curing, gluing) at Serena Nails, my mother’s nail salon.