I had a busy start to my last day of doing taxes. I took a return with me that needed reviewed and I had two people waiting for me when I got there so we could finish up their returns. Things finally slowed down and we had a cancellation or two. I was out of there by 11:15 which is early. It was a good year doing taxes for me. I finally feel competent doing them.
After doing taxes I stopped and had lunch at Radius. After lunch I went to Price Chopper for my Easter groceries. They don’t stock ham on the bone except at Christmas and Thanksgiving time so I had to go to a different store to get that. I stopped at Good’s and they had one.
I am avoiding Walmart this week as this is the week to boycott Walmart. I know I paid more for the groceries I got today and I had to go to two stores to get everything but I managed to get what I needed without Walmart.
When I got to Cottonwood Falls I stopped at a friend’s house and dropped off the return I had started yesterday. We have a two-step process before they can be e-filed and I had someone review it for me this morning. The return got filed and I gave the tax payer their copy of the return.
Spent some time this afternoon trying to get the word out about the rally on April 19. I hope others will post and share about it so a wider range of people will see it and know to come. So far 8 have responded that they are coming and 13 more are interested. Still a long way from having the 80 that is my goal. I will be happy though if we have at least 25.
Tomorrow I have a brunch to go to at 10:00. After that is over I will have a couple of stay at home days. The kids are coming Sunday for family day. So far other than the rally on Saturday the 19th, I only have a thing with Jason on my calendar next Wednesday. I am way overdue for a long stretch of stay at home days. I need to get hold of some friends and get a lunch or two scheduled. I’m sure by mid week next week I will be wanting to meet up and have a deep conversation with a friend or two.
I do want to get hold of the owner of the gym and get a gym membership Monday. I want to use the time I had been doing taxes to go to the gym. I don’t have anything much on my calendar for a bit so this is a good time to find a new routine going to the gym. I am loosing strength in my legs and my balance is not as good as it was when I was exercising several days a week. I don’t want to feel and act older than I am so I need to get my butt in gear and get to working out again.
Looking forward to slowing things down a bit. I function best when I have lots of down time and the last couple of weeks I haven’t gotten as much down time as I need. I have managed to stay above neutral for the most part which amazes me. The time thing though has really amped up for me. I had to check my iPad about three times this morning before I could fully understand that today is Thursday. Time doesn’t make sense to me right now. That is usually my indication that I need to completely step out of time for a bit until things settle down.
I couldn’t sleep last night and I was cleaning up my phone. I had saved a bunch of emails from one of my mentors from back in the day. I reread what I had sent and the responses I got back. As I read what I wrote I realized how far I have come. The things that bothered me then no longer do. Unfortunately new things have come up that bother me now but I will take this as a sign of progress on my spiritual journey.
Grateful for progress on my journey, grateful this tax season has come to a close, and grateful for free space on my calendar for the coming weeks.