2003-04-01-11:54 a.m.
My hit rate the last 24 hours has been positively insane. Some how MSN's bot categorized this site as being porn. Ha ha. I'm the most anti-porn person on the planet. So, April Fool Pervos! Hope you like cartoon squirrels.

I spent practically all day yesterday doing taxes. I have tremendously complicated taxes since I essentially have my own business. It took me a week to figure them out last year and just 8 hours to get it all together today for the Federal -- so I'm getting better at understanding IRS doublespeak. However, I haven't finished my state taxes yet and it looks like it's going to be ugly. NY state has a lot of funny rules when it comes to part year residents and self employment. Crikey. We're getting back a rather nice chunk from federal but I think I'll be mailing it directly to New York state as I haven't paid a dime in state tax since we moved here. I'll probably have to pay a penalty too. Blah. I hate dealing with money.

Last week, I got a really ominous looking letter from the IRS that was very thick and official looking. It gave me an instant anxiety attack but it turned out to be paperwork to help me stay better organized for 2003 taxes, so it was actually an ok letter and not scary at all. I have a huge fear of being audited and the IRS discovering exactly how chaotic my organizational skills are.

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