The Tax Man Cometh

I sat down and worked on taxes.  It was pretty intense and took about 2 hours.  1 hour per person.  Which is about normal.  Well I owe and he gets a refund.  Unfortunately, I will have to turn over part of the money to the Bankruptcy court but we are only talking $430, it’s not much but it would do me a lot of good to be in my pocket, rather than theirs.  However, it will help bring us closer to the end so I guess it’s worth it. 

I have NOT filed either of our returns yet, for fear that some other piece of tax paperwork will show up in the mail.  Usually after February it’s safe. 

I would be getting a refund but the union that made the death benefit I sued them for taxable screwed that up for me.  I was going to get a $900 refund and then I entered that and figures quickly changed. 

When you file a deceased persons taxes, you have to complete a special form that tells the government who you are and that you are claiming their refund.  Somehow I think they will try to tax me on getting his refund, I mean it wouldn’t surprise me.  The funny thing is that at the end of filing his taxes it asked me if he wanted to open a Roth IRA, uh no he can’t open anything and there is no point to him saving any money now. 

Yesterday instead of buying cat food, I came home.  I knew I would regret it today and I did.  They always overcharge me if I go on Saturday.  Today was really obvious because the guy said okay that will be $223.96 I said there is something wrong with that total, I didn’t get that much food.  Turns out he put in the wrong quantity on the dry food.  It didn’t help that after he had everything rang up the first time the register crashed and we had to start all over.  He was kind of cute and I got to look at him a little longer, so I didn’t mind.  As it was I spent $86 on the little monsters and that is only for food.  I’m telling you they eat better and more often than I do. 

Paid bills on Thursday night that wasn’t really a whole lot of fun.  I had a credit card bill that I had to pay from my savings, which is dwindling rapidly.  Unless something goes seriously wrong there appears to be enough money to tide me until August, at which point I can apply for a loan in my name.  All I have to do is keep my job and that should pay all of the bills from there on out.  With the exception of his Bankruptcy.

I took myself out for a treat tonight and got Spaghetti which I have been craving for a while.  I went to a local place, could have gone to Olive Garden but it was further away and it’s so cold out so I opted to stay local.  I didn’t even order desert, which is very unusual for me.  However, I was quite proud of myself.  The meal was just okay.

I laundered the pet bed for Big Boy.  It did get some of the fur off of it in the washer, but I cleaned that out.  Then I gave it an extra rinse cycle afterward and got even more fur of the washer.  The bed had to go through two cycles of drying on low but finally completed.  It’s all fresh and has been brought back to life.  Big Boy should sleep very well.  It is still covered in his fur, so that should make him happy. 

Jumper I think is in depression.  He ate breakfast but spent the majority of the day on my bed.  I’m not sure what is troubling him if it is the fact he misses his other dad, if it’s the fact his brother is sick or if it’s just the weather or who knows could be all 3.  I’m not taking him to see Dr. Von Zimmer (that’s a pet psychiatrist from the movie Down & Out in Beverly Hills) to figure it out.  However, if things worsen he will be going to the vet.  Poor kid. 

Netflix has Queer As Folk on it from Showtime.  If you have never seen the US version of the show, you owe it to yourself to give it a go.  It is very interesting and the sex is pretty intense for being simulated.  You would think they were really doing it.  I miss those characters – life was simpler then.  Me and my guy used to look forward to Sunday we would race to the basement and watch.  I would get hard, he would see that and make a comment.  We would continue watching then he would talk/comment as the show played.  I would have to tell him to be quiet.  We would exchange a hug and call it a night and then I would shuffle upstairs and go to bed, only to start a Monday.

I’m looking for something seriously funny to watch be it standup or a movie.  If you have any suggestions leave them in the comments. 

I did get my sleep on today – I went to bed at like 8:30 last night.  I laid down and don’t remember turning the TV off.  Woke up around 12 or 1 am.  Eventually went back to sleep.  I was covered in cats.  Then I woke up around 5 and then again at 6.  Decided not to fight it and got up.  Fed them and I watched TV until I got tired again and went back to bed.  Got up around noon and the day started from there. 

Got the dishes going, started on my laundry and getting ready to go back upstairs shortly to see what else I can watch.  Enjoy some ice cream and then probably call it a night and go back to bed. 

I forgot to mention that I was summoned by work at 7am for a person who managed to lock themselves out of the system.  So I had to reset a password, not that big of a deal but jeez you’d think they could wait until a normal hour.  Good thing it didn’t come in while I was sleeping.  Being bothered over the weekend is very rare and I hope it stays that way. 

Found an awesome job with the Credit Union that holds the loan on my car.  I would really love to work for them.  It would be closer to home and I think much more enjoyable.  I might have to visit various branches but they are all located close to home, so it’s not like I would be flying here or there to travel.  I’ve seen and applied for a lot of good jobs but thus far no calls.  Hopefully, that will change soon.  We all know I need a new and better job – away from the petty politics and petty people that I work with. 

So that is my world at the moment.  Hope things are going well for you and that your staying warm.  I’m off to take care of the laundry and go get that ice cream.  Talk with you peeps later.