It went quietly -

[kyburg]

For a Monday. Not bad at all.

The boxes got shipped. Yea.
I've got tracking numbers that UPS has no idea of. Boooo.

I rock. being_homeless called me yesterday afternoon from her new house - I rank. It was wonderful. I could NOT be happier for her. We must have been on the phone almost an hour. When I think of how nasty things have gotten, I have to remember than in some cases, persistence and hard work DOES pay off.

I also called Cliff's parents today. Talked to Mom for at least half an hour. About nothing much at all. I have to work harder at keeping in touch - they really just don't know what to do with me. They have to know me - I have to keep trying. There are days I just miss them - just them. Just who they are and what they know and the questions they could answer for me. And his godparents are having a really rough patch right now too. I dropped them a postcard. I don't have their phone number handy and they've unlisted it.

Maybe next weekend when Jim is working, I'll take a drive out there and see how things are. I want to be that kind of person.

The weather here is perfect. Why are you all coming to visit? You folks are all getting snow and ice and crap - c'mon, the crowds are gone, the fares are cheap and it's DRY here.

I want my W-2. I want to see if we have enough money for Japan in March.

I also want the pony.

Comments

[bigbigtruck.livejournal.com]

She got a house?! Awesome!!

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Schweeeet. Think one bedroom apartment with all the trimmings - fully funded forever. The worst thing I could come up with when I was talking to her was "well, you really can't leave now." We started talking five year plans. It was incredible. *giddy bounce*

[actionjbone.livejournal.com]

It takes about a day for the tracking numbers to appear in the database.

And I'm visiting Texas on Thursday, I think that'll be a big enough change from the ice and snow. :D

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Well, that's halfway here. I guess.

[storvik.livejournal.com]

Did my taxes last night. I owe money, for the first time in years. I was rather pissed -- I told them a year ago that they weren't withholding enough, but they didn't believe me.

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

We owed so much last year, we ended up having to prepay this years. That, plus the additional deductions we took as a result of moving and buying a bigger house - I'm sure we're going to get much of that back.

I just don't know how much.

[storvik.livejournal.com]

I don't like given the government an interest-free loan, which is basically what happens if too much is withheld, resulting in a refund -- but I prefer that to having another large bill dumped on me.

It's not nearly the worst tax bill I've had -- state and federal together add up to well under a thousand -- but it's the principle of the thing. I specifically did the math and told them last year that they weren't withholding enough and they did nothing about it ("We know what we're doing, that's the proper amount, trust us"), so this time I'm going to fill out a new form and have them withhold an additional amount from each check (once I estimate how much that additional amount should be).

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

I don't trust anyone, including myself. But I do the math, and I fill out the forms, I can blame no one else - and retain what little control I can.

Withold what YOU think. Being over is no big deal, but being under is narsty.