Another busy tax day. Had a few wrinkles today so didn’t get out until almost 1:00. It is a joy to help people though. I so appreciate my co-workers and their help. Somehow we put our heads together and figure out how to do things we don’t see very often.
I stopped at Taco Bell and went through the drive-thru for lunch. Kathy had given me a gift card she had received and didn’t think she would use so lunch was on her today. Thanks, Kathy.
Got two more donation checks in the mail today. I managed to get the thank you notes written and dropped in the mail and to get to the bank to deposit the checks. I so appreciate donations that come into Love in Action. We are so close to our goal.
Still haven’t received my tax refund. I keep checking it and nothing has changed. One of these days I will get it. It will be three weeks tomorrow since they received it.
I had a fairly good night with my CPAP machine. I did have seal issues when I would change positions. I will try to tighten it up for tonight and see if that helps. If not, I may have to call the guy at the store and see what he recommends. If I could learn to sleep without flopping around it would work better. Can I teach myself to do that?
I woke up feeling more refreshed than I have for a long time. This machine may be part of the solution to my sleep problem.
I have three full rest days ahead of me and not a lot of things to get done. I do need to firm up the plans with the restaurant I am hosting Kathy’s birthday lunch on Monday. I need to find out if they can provide a dessert or if I can bring one in. I forgot to order a fancy decorated cake so will have to make do with either an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen or a homemade undecorated cake that I can make.
The house was freezing this morning. Kathy had turned the furnace off the day that it reached the 80’s and had forgotten to turn it back on. I was cold in the house all day yesterday but didn’t check to see if the furnace was on. What’s that saying about assuming something? Learned my lesson!
I had to order some more thank you notes for Love in Action. That is a good thing! I also ordered some mailing labels and heart stickers that say Love in Action. When I get the final notification about the 501(c)3 status I will order some stationary with the EIN so I can send letters to those that donate more than $250. They will need that information when they file their taxes so they can take a charity donation. I don’t think my EIN will change but am going to wait to make sure it doesn’t before I order stationary.
Trying to decide what format to use to start building a mailing list for Love in Action. I need to capture return addresses from people that donate checks or cash so I can send year-end letters to them for tax purposes. I have been negligent in not doing that so far as I didn’t anticipate the need.
Doing taxes always humbles me. I see people facing life challenges that no one should have to face. Our tax laws are so unfair and penalize those that can least afford it. I would love to have a politician come sit with me as I do taxes and look the clients in the eye and admit they voted for this cruelty. Makes me want to start a nonprofit that would help people that owe taxes get out of the hole it puts them in. I get irate when I read about billionaires and huge corporations that don’t pay taxes.
Only four more weeks of doing taxes. I sometimes wish I could do them year round as I so enjoy doing them and meeting the clients and working with my co-workers. I wish I could find another volunteer job that I would enjoy as much. I have tried before and have come up short. I do have Love in Action to manage but most of the time it doesn’t take that much time and I don’t get the face-to-face interaction with it like I do when I do taxes.
Grateful to have to order more thank you notes, grateful I had to make another trip to the bank to deposit donations, and grateful for my co-workers and clients at the tax program.