Taxes

I'm not sure if this is something to be proud about or ashamed of, but I just finished filing my taxes all by myself for the first time. When I say all by myself, I mean with Trey but without the help of our accountant, who has always done them in the past. For the first time we had foreign earned income to semi-complicate the tax situation. I feel about filing taxes much the same way I feel about exercise. If I don't think about it, it doesn't exist. Very rational, I know. But we both knew we needed to do 2 things: 1) figure out if we owed any money and then 2) figure out if we even needed to file. The answer to both questions turned out to be NO. However, in the interest of taking advantage of the economic stimulus package passed by Congress, we needed to file. It was amusing how long it took the two of us, 5 degrees between us, to complete our simple forms. But no one gets extra points for speed, and in the end the taxes are done and mailed.

Now just waiting for that helpful check from dear Uncle Sam.