Happy birthday to my brother Chad. One of these days he may decide to retire but he is the last of the five of us to do so.
I went to Emporia at 3:00 for another tax meeting. I do not do well during these meetings. There were only six of us there but at times there were three different conversations going on at the same time. We were told to do problems 1 -6 but then some had done the other three so we went cover those too. I hadn’t done them as I didn’t think we were supposed to. Oh well, I wrote down the answers and I will do the problems tomorrow and see if I can come up with the same answers.
I’m grateful the actual taxes are easier than the training part. We have another meeting next Wednesday afternoon. Hoping it will be the last one but am thinking we will need one more meeting after this one to do the state part.
I put in a pick up order at Walmart for groceries so when my tax meeting was over I stopped and picked those up. I knew I would be fried from the meeting and would not want to go in the store and have to deal with people. This way I got what I needed and was able to come home. I stopped and filled the car up with gas on my way to Walmart and then stopped and grabbed some take out after I picked up my groceries.
I had ordered ice melt but they were out of it but are to ship me some. I hope it comes before the meditation event Monday so I can put some down on our front walk. I slipped on it a couple of times today. It is to warm up a bit tomorrow and I need to go out and attempt to shovel some more of it away.
My calendar is free until next Monday so will get several stay at home days. I have had three busy days so welcome the chance to slow things down and stay home. I took care of paying two bills this morning and looked at my desk. I didn’t see anything urgent pending but I need to give it a better look tomorrow. I still need to get my tax prep completed too.
Tomorrow is trash day. I may attempt to get the big poly cart to the curb. I skipped last week as it wasn’t worth the struggle. We don’t usually come close to filling the cart and can easily skip a week or two.
Monday is the meditation event with Gentle Thunder. Still have lots of room for people to join us. It is also going to be a Zoom event and I will be happy to share the Zoom link if you want to watch from your home. It starts at 3:00 and we expect it to last around 90 minutes.
If you are interested in getting your income taxes done for free, we are going to start doing them February 3 at the Emporia Senior Center. We will be doing them on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings only this year. Call the Senior Center for an appointment or let me know and I can get you on the schedule. We don’t do complicated ones that deal with depreciation but most returns we can handle.
Sitting in a good head space today in spite of the meeting angst. It will be good to have some quiet time at home the next couple of days. Something has shifted in me again and I never know how or why but find myself reacting differently when my trigger points are activated. My self talk is changing again. When I say or think something negatively about myself I now usually follow it up with a positive or reassuring comment. Not sure where that is coming from but I think I like it.
Grateful meeting two for tax prep is completed, grateful the groceries are restocked without having to go in a store, and grateful the car is full of gas.