Taxes are Done—yea!
Okay. . .I spent the whole weekend finishing my income taxes, and they’re finally done. It was late Sunday evening by the time I finished the Federal taxes and forms. Since I was tired, I decided to do the simpler Colorado state tax form this morning. That way I could drop them in the mail today, Monday.
So this morning, I went through my tax folder, searching for the Colorado tax booklet that always arrives in the mail. I couldn’t find it. Looked everywhere. Don’t you hate that? Searching through drawers and files, convinced that whatever you’ve misplaced will suddenly “turn up?” It never does. And neither did the state tax forms.
So instead of finishing and copying files for my folder, I had to drive off to the state office and grab another booklet. Of couurse, that was after working out, a trip to the bank, a trip to the grocery, filling up the gas tank, mailing some bills, and four long-distance calls. And balancing my check book.
By that time, it was after eleven, and I was already late getting back to work on my current mystery in progress. And, I had to leave in late afternoon for a meeting in Denver. So, I got back to work, and let taxes wait until Tuesday morning.
So—tomorrow morning, April 15th, I’ll be finishing up the state tax forms then driving to the post office and joining that extremely long line that snakes around the post office mail boxes every April 15th. Usually I observe the line while driving by on the way between errands, feeling oh-so-smug that I’d already done MY taxes. So, there. But not this year.
So much for smug. How about you folks? Did you have to stay up late April 14th to finish yur taxes? Or were you an early bird?
