A Taxing Time

I was supposed to get all the tax paperwork together last week--a goal I made for myself. I don't do the taxes myself anymore (too many mistakes.) I just needed to make sure I had everything and got the papers organized. I had previously put papers received in the mail in a manilla folder and other items in an online folder. 

I remember specifically telling myself last Monday that I really didn't have to work on taxes that day. I don't remember specifics after that, but I managed to find excuses and reasons to procrastinate the rest of the week.

Today I finally sat down, printed up a few documents, but realized that one of my 1099s was missing. Unfortunately, this was not one I could easily print from a website. After logging in with a new password and codes and not finding anything, I called and discovered the 1099 had to be ordered. I'll be able to get it online in three to five days. 

If only I had done this last week, I could have the document by now.

Oh well. Lesson learned. 

My Three

Some say that bad things come in threes. When Jeff and I headed out to the gym this morning, I turned to him and said, "I'm not driving; I have a flat tire." 

A few hours later, I pulled up the stem to close the drain in the half bath. Well, it closed the drain but disconnected the stem from the stopper. So the drained is closed, for now. I wish I were handy.

When I went outside to meet the AAA rep to change my tire, I broke my flip flop. 

Annoying, but I'm glad it wasn't three worse things.