Mid Week, But Not

So it’s Wednesday morning, and a beautiful day. This would usually be considered mid week except I am cutting out early today to head up to Incline to overnight at friend Bobs place at the Hyatt Regency. And go skiing, definitely on Thursday, not so sure about today. Dep nds on when I get there.

I can’t leave immediately because I have an IRS auditor coming in to the office today. I need to slap her around a little and then kick her to the curb. And step on her face. Once that is all done, I head for the hills.

My car is already packed, as is my suitcase. I come back down the hill on Thursday for a 430 appointment. Back up to Tahoe on Friday for more skiing with Bob. For the first time in 25 years, wait for it, Emily is coming up with me. Not quite sure how that will work. She has been anti cold anti altitude anti ski since about 1995. It is a momentous occasion. I think she might back out. Would not really surprise me if she did. It would be disappointing but, again, not a surprise. Wintertime outside activities have always been a Dad and kids thing. Mom stays home to take care of the dogs. So you can see what Friday is. A shift in the force. The universe imploding. A big deal.

It’s workout time. More important to me than some auditor. More important than work. And I like it better too. I have my workout list back so I can do my lower body work. Yay.

So I did have a fine workout. Somebody actually tried to start a conversation with me. I really am there just for the workout but I like to be polite. So I chatted for awhile while I was doing sumo squats. Which is not easy. Especially while talking.

After my fine workout I went home and showered and shaved after all today is Wednesday.

I tried to get to work quickly. I don’t want the auditor to be sitting in my office alone. I also know that when auditors get upset or mad they take it out on the taxpayer in front of them. So obviously it’s good to show up and take care of the auditor.

I arrived and greeted her first, even before talking to my staff. Want her to feel the love. We had an hour long discussion on various aspects of three years worth of the clients tax. We had a lot to discuss. It really got down to employment tax on the shareholder/owner. In the last five years the owner had not pulled wage, only earnings which do not generate SE tax. But, with all the kissing up I did she is going to allow me to propose wage levels for each of the three years. If I can justify well my proposed wages, she will allow that. So I could play pick my taxes for the client. Not so bad. After having my overlong discussion, auditor left. Bout time.

So I completed three more tax returns and headed out. Up the hill to the Hyatt in Incline Village where Renee has her timeshare. Drive was long and boring which is fine. Bob gave me the wrong address so I had added joy from driving around the area looking for the place I was headed. I called Renee and she helped me get there. Bob is a dumbass.

And, now, my first day of skiing this season. The snowfall has been so bad this year it has not felt worthwhile to go up skiing. So the snow is not that good. And it’s icy and hard for two hours in the am. Then gets nice for an hour or two then slush ge rest of the day. Spring skiing here in the middle of winter. I hate this. We had five years of this shit with our mega drought and then last year the heavens opened and we got massive rain and insane snow. Awesome ski days. But, it appears, we are back to the crap weather of recent years. Gonna go skiing anyway. There is a workaround, put up with it and stop complaining.

I got to the condo and unloaded all my luggage, etc., only Renee was there, the three boys having gone out for a cocktail. Renee and I chatted for a few minutes then I headed out to find dumbass Bob and the guys. They were on their way back when I found them. So we headed upstairs to the room.

We all sat around and drank some wine and yakked. They had prepped dinner already. We had some very nice rib eyes spiced and oiled which Lance BBQd. We sautéed some asparagus and we were off. Plus another bottle of wine.

After dinner we decided to head to the casino. Now I want to say, don’t forget Zoe thank much. This is a casino in a 2nd rate location that is isolated. Maybe a niceish looking 3rd rate place. Think of the movie Gladiator, they start in the Provinces andbin the end they are in Rome. This casino is lower than the provinces.

We were all going to monopolize a blackjack table. There are five of us. We got there walked up to the table and the dickhead dealer IDd Renee. She had no ID so she couldn’t play. The dealer was quite fucking unpleasant about it. Fun. Seedy casino with unpleasant employees. She went back for her ID. I noted the table minimums were set at 10$ so I decided I wasn’t playing.

When Renee and Bob returned from the room all tables were full. So we sat at an empty table and asked if they could open it since there were five of us. This request ended poorly. The manager we spoke to was an asshole of the highest caliber. Little bit of profanity on both sides. Very professional. I wandered around. Watched craps. Lost a couple bucks in a slot machine. Went back to the room. Had to stay up cuz my bed is in the front room with the TV. So I dozed a bit till everyone went to bed.

I had a generally lousy nights sleep on the pullout. Just not comfy. Tonight I can sleep at home which is far superior. And home has a bed warmer too. But, I was up three or four times to pee as well as just waking and I think dreaming I was awake while I was sleeping. Leads to a fitful night. It’s also difficult to find anything in a foreign room in the dark. Like light switches. Fun. Tomorrow gonna be better.