I'm finally crawling out from under the rock that is known as tax season and am happy to say that I survived yet another year. Considering I don't actually DO taxes (normally - every Saturday from the end of February till April 15 this changes) survival is a huge feat in itself. I thought this year went much better than last year...at least I knew where I was messing up and could give the reviewers a heads up.
Jay Benson is less than a month away and I'm not prepared at all. I'm trying to go into it with a good attitude - it's just for fun, I'm not in it to win, blah blah blah. It's all true, but I know I'll be bummed when I do worse than I predicted back in November/December when I was figuring this stuff out. It's lame and I need to get over it. Outside of the hubs and the familia, I have three priorities - work, exam and working out. Generally I can balance all three okay but between the little injury at the beginning of the year plus the insanity of work the past few months, plus the pressure that's been put on me with the exam, something had to be scaled back on. As much as I love running, it doesn't pay the bills (or harass me every time it sees me about passing the exam it paid for).
And now for my random vent of the day. I almost feel like I have a few friends who are sitting back and waiting to watch me fail at next month's race because I wasn't able to work out as much as I'd have liked. They question me all. the. time. about how much I ran this weekend, did I bike, have I been to the pool yet? And it doesn't feel like the supportive conversations it started out as...it's more like "hmm...you and you actually think you're going to do this?" A part of me wants to scream and point out that it's not like I'm spending 12 hours a day sitting on the couch watching Oprah and eating ice cream, but the other part - the more rational part - realizes that they probably don't understand how nasty things can get. It's rough meeting my co-workers at 7AM to go out of town to a client's, working through lunch, and getting back to town between 6 and 7PM and having to decide between working some more or studying. And this isn't just through April 15, folks...my real busy season is September - December 15.
Ok, I'm done whining about how hard my life is. Now I DO feel like sitting on the couch for a few hours.
...and I, I have a goal.
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5 comments:
Congrats, to you! I have read your blog for a while. I'm not sure how I stumbled upon it, but I enjoy the content.
I am also an auditor, and I dabble in taxes, too! Like you, I'm studying for that cursed test! I passed FAR in November and will continue taking tests this summer!
I run, too! However, I'm only training for a 7 mile race right now. Baby steps!
you can only fail at something if you don't try...just FYI. We will have a blast at Benson!
Congrats on making it through tax season! You should reward yourself with some relaxation! (and a little couch & ice cream time never killed anyone) ;)
I know you, you can do it girl. Youve been there for me through SOOOO much and im right here cheering for ya. Im glad your out from under tax season. Itll be nice to have ya back.
HEY LOVE!!!!
I'm glad you made if through another tax season. i know how much you hate it.
Don't let people put you down in your running journey! there are still those of us who support you no matter HOW MUCH you run!
you'll always be my running guru and my hero!!
i love you dufster!!
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