Tax Day

So lots of people here in the US aren’t happy today.  It’s tax day and that means time to file.  However, if you can’t you can always file for an extension.  I’m done and waiting for my refund, so no worries here.  It used to be that the post office would stay open very late and they would have tubs and people collecting mail in the major cities.  Those days are gone.  The main post office here will close at 8p tonight and after that your out of luck, most post offices are closing at normal times.  They understand that it’s a big day but those people have lives too, so there is more pressure to get it together.  Plus most people file electronically which takes money away from the post office so I can kind of understand why they have cut back on man power.  I heard the price of a stamp went up but I don’t mail stuff that often, when I do I use Dymo Stamps and they take care of all of the work for me.  Usually if prices go up I have to download new software, but I haven’t been notified of anything recently so who knows. 

Mayor Marvin seems to be better today.  He wasn’t in bed when I got home but he was in my room just waiting for me to walk in and greet him.  He had plenty of licks saved up for me.  All of the cat food was gone this morning shortly after I put it down, I suppose they were all hungry.  I picked up the empty plates and LB thought there was going to be another meal.  I told him it was time for hibernation, eventually he listened to me and was laying down when I ran out the door. I mean that is what they do, eat and sleep.  Then wake up eat some more, rest for a bit, eat treats, then it’s bed time again.  Rinse, Repeat next day.  Sounds like a boring life but I wouldn’t mind trading places for a few days – it would be nice to have no worries or cares.  Stretch out and take a nice nap.  Wow I am ready zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Yeah if only.  :)

There was a conga line to get out the parking garage last night and once you were out then it was time to sit in traffic.  Construction with a lane restriction took me a 1/2 hour just to get to the freeway.  Seriously that is far too long.  Hopefully tonight will be better or I will go in the other direction and avoid it.  The conga line is the worst part because I have to wait until someone lets me back out, before I can even get in line.  I have thought on more than on occasion about backing in but people fly in the garage and I think you are taking your chances.  Much better to pull in and take your chances on backing out.  I might try it someday but for now I am sticking with boring status quo.

I took a little bit of time last night and listened to a few of Meghan Trainor’s songs.  She is tolerable.  So I guess I am going to the concert.  I will get my ticket soon and then put in for the time off.  I put my name on the calendar already so it’s pretty well approved, just no formal request yet.  I kind of hate scheduling time because if I need it now then I can’t use it then.  However, if I pay for a ticket unless I get my money back I will go to the concert.  I know I am going to have 2nd thoughts and want to back out, which is why I am hesitating.  I don’t know why but I second guess myself and try to talk myself out of having fun and/or doing the things that I enjoy.  This will be a HUGE step forward for me, I just have to stick with the plan.  I will have to take mass transit to and from but outside of that it should hopefully be a good time.  I just hope that the artist I am going to see (Charlie Puth) gets a decent amount of stage time.  There is a meet and greet package available for Megan but not for Charlie.  It’s a little over a thousand dollars.  Now that is a bit much to spend.  Charlie said in social media that he would be meeting all of his fans, so I suppose time will tell on that.  While I’d stand in line to meet him I don’t know if that would actually happen. 

You know in the movies and on TV you see girls and guys both become speechless when they are in front of someone they have a crush on. That actually happens to me.  I get tongue tied and it’s almost like I am having a stroke.  It’s also embarrassing and couple that with dry mouth and I am in one big mess.  I guess it’s overly obvious that I like someone.  Nerves I think are what keep it slightly fun.  If your a runner and you catch my eye I it’s very possible that I will be in a traffic accident from staring.  I have had a lot of close calls.  You have to look where your going or you will run into shit.  Walking, driving, running, no matter what your doing … if your mobile best to concentrate on what is in front of you be it the road, hallway or sidewalk.

On the work front I am low on laptops so I told our inventory guy that and he just spits back a report that says I have a ton of laptops.  Really so now I have to play detective and hunt down equipment.  I really liked this guy when I first met him.  However, every time I deal with him it is a challenge for me.  He always makes me do more work than needed to accomplish the job.  It’s like he doesn’t know how to do his job.  I get that part of it is relying on other people to inform you of changes and when equipment is deployed.  I do my part and can’t help or be held accountable for what my predecessor did.  I just want to scream a great big old fuck you at him.  However, I will do my part and track the equipment down.  I mean your spreadsheet might show one thing but what I am telling you is that I have 2 machines left.  Doesn’t mean that were going to make equipment magically appear so you still need to send me laptops.  Can you feel my blood boiling?  Working with him is like chasing the clouds – impossible. 

So there are a few things going on today and it should be a pretty quick day.  Looking forward to this evening.  Charlie is on Ellen, plus it’s comedy Wednesday and all of my usual shows should have new episodes on.  So hopefully I can put my feet up and watch TV with the kids tonight.  Sounds like a great night if it can actually happen.  I did make it to sign up for 1 hour of a massage tomorrow, so I have to hit up the bank tonight.  Ah, that will feel so good and hopefully my neck will calm down.  Stress is just a killer on the body.

Well off to start my hunting work and see what other kind of trouble I can get myself into.  Ugh!  Not much else that is newsworthy happening.  I did get to watch a police pursuit live on my phone yesterday while waiting for my phone shift to wind down.  The news helicopter actually lost the car at one point.  Some how they managed to arrest multiple people but I only saw 1 person being arrested.  That is as exciting as it gets.  Talk with you peeps later.