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[quidditchgrrl]

mostcurious tagged me for a meme a while ago, and since I'm upright and fluent for the next little while, I should do it!

I'm supposed to list ten things that recently made me happy and then tag ten others who should do the same.

1.  We may end up breaking even on our taxes this year!  *Snoopy dance*  Those of you who know about our IRS troubles (and more on that below) or have had them yourself, I'm sure you understand why this is cause for celebration.

2.  I've been very sick the past two weeks, unable to sleep for this cough/tickle thing I have.  However, this means that I've been able to catch 120 Minutes on VH1 Classic from 4am-6am.  Be watching for a music lyric meme, folks.

3.  I am watching the 5th season of MI-5/Spooks.  *geeks out*

4.  My friends have had lots of good things happen to them:  Shannon had a baby, rlanto a new and awesome job, Kim got back in touch, Jes got promoted, nsmom found someone worthy, and alissomora made yet another life-changing decision.  Change is good.

5.  A new church is meeting at our Temple, bringing in much-needed funds and hopefully a set of people who will be more than willing to lend a helping hand.  Yay!

6.  Bitch is the New Black.  Oh, you know I'm voting Hillary on Tuesday, although I don't rightly care who's on the Democratic ticket, in the end.  Also, RALPH!  Love you, man.  You're crazy, and I love you.  (Yes, authenticpoppy, I hear you screaming...but Hillary ain't got no religion, and I can hang with that FTM.)

7.  The WGA strike is over, and I can gorge on video again.  Oh, I love bananas and irresponsible drinking.

8.  Tomorrow is cleaning day.  This place needs a good scrubbin'/de-hairing.

9.  I'm making progress in my half-marathon training, although I'm pretty sure I'm going to stick down to 4:1 run/walk for the entire thing.  Then, I am hanging up my long-distance running shoes for good.  Yes, I consider 13.1 miles long distance, and if I have to go that far, it's what my bike is for!

10.  It is now March, and that much closer to springtime temperatures.  Thank the gods.



So, the IRS is on our a$$ for the $3400 we owe for 2006.  I sent in a check in January for $389 to get it started...and they promptly tried to cash it for $3389.  Um.  Yeah.  LULZ.  My bank refunded me the overdraft fees, and I sent in another check for $400.

They sent us a notice of hearing (i.e. they're going to act to garnish our wages and seize our property) if we don't pay the...$244 we owe them.  Um.  Okay.  LULZ.

I called the IRS (effing bankers' hours and NO special number for people who are in repayment) and the nice lady explained to me that I'd be receiving a REFUND check because I'd overpaid with my $400 check.

The IRS was showing that $3389 as having been paid, ergo the remaining balance was late fees & interest.  They're looking into it, and I have to return the refund check they're sending.

God, I hate being honest and all on top of my shit.  I doubt they would have accepted "but they told me it was paid!" as an excuse, though.  Sigh.

So I have to call back (whenever I have a full day to wait on the phone for the next available generic agent) and put that payment plan together.

Did I mention that we were AUDITED by the City of Columbus for 2006, and we owe them $325, all told?  GODDAMNIT.

But hey, I didn't get the "you really should consider buying a house, it'll help you on your taxes" speech from the CPA this year.  LULZ.



So, how YOU doin'?