Mosh Glass

Sitting here watching GMA. Cat is in my lap. The black one, the one with no boundaries, the one who loves me far too much. So much? In evening I watch TV standing so I don’t have to entertain the cat in my lap. If I sit, she sits with me. Cat is not sane. Btw, she is for sale. Cheap. 

Not sure why I am watching TV. Don’t want to get ready and go to work probably. Or just tired and don’t want to move. Or like sitting   With my cat while she annoys the hell out of me. That last one, No. but I am sitting here sort of viewing lousy morning TV. The more I say this, the more I realize I need to get up and be productive. When I retire I am going to need the fortitude to get moving  or it’s over. 

Well, I finally turned off the TV and went to finish getting ready. Once showered and dressed I checked my emails and was out the door. 

The drive was tame. Nothing unusual there. Made good time to work. Even got a good parking space. 

I have only one appointment today. At 6pm. Not sure why I was willing to wait around but I did. New client is a referral so I treat them better than someone off the street. Although I am nice to them too. 

The workday seemed overlong, probably because I am staying longer than I want to. And the longer day does not mean more work gets done. More daydreaming certainly. 

I would love to tell you all about work I accomplished today but it did not rise to the level of memory worthy. I did have my weekly call with my business consultant. We discussed more of the things we are doing to increase revenue and cash flow. I can see some of the ideas she has will work. Of course, I have to get them implemented. That can be problematic. 

My six o’clock was late. Hurray. He is an engineer, just formed a corporation for his business. Needs immediate help with accounting and a couple tax returns as well. Very straightforward work for me. Easy stuff. I had it figured out completely in ten minutes. Sadly, he needed to keep talking about it for about two hours. He was unable to take any verbal or physical cues to get out. He just kept talking about the same shit over and over. In the end, he finally understood what I had said  and I got him out. Yikes. 

I left for home almost immediately. Easy drive, no traffic at 810 in the evening. So I zipped home. I checked in with Marika. Found she was in search of a great Margarita. We discussed that for awhile. Her work Christmas party was today. There were prizes. She won an Instant Pot and two Patagonia jackets. Nice haul. She gave away the jackets. Stupid. She spent ten minutes complaining about giving them away. Amazing. 

Called home and spoke to Emily. She had made dinner and was holding it for me. She loves me. And she is nice. 

Not long after dinner, I got home at 9, we net to bed. I am exhausted. By what?

Diet, day #21,260, or thereabouts. Let’s face it, diet and exercise and keeping yourself where you want to be is a lifelong adventure. Which is sad. It will never get easy. 

I weighed in this morning, a Wednesday ritual. I am up 3 lbs over last week. It’s saddening but I will probably trim it off this week. That seems to be how it goes. And, a quick weight gain let’s uou know how out of whack you can get, quickly. Got to stay on it. 

Usual morning. Only difference, neither Emily or I wanted to get out of bed. Wait. That’s every day. Okay, no difference today. There was nothing done today to differentiate this work day morning from any workday morning in my past. Ever. 

So did all the usual stuff. And I’m off to work. The drive was normal. Except I stopped in Dixon on my way to get my haircut. Had a nice chat with Becky and got an inoculation of local gossip.  Always fun. 

After my haircut I went to the coffee place I visited yesterday. This time they paid attention and sold me a large cup of coffee, extra hot. Still delicious like I got in Europe. But, unlike Europe, this was 6$. I don’t understand. But I like the coffee.  And the place was busy so I guess others don’t care about over priced coffee. 

Off to work, drive still normal and not exciting. Just the same every day. It always seems I blacked out on the drive and woke up when I pull off the freeway. I think I would crash but seriously, the drive is boring. 

My day was full. Of work. I did not get my jacket off and I was back out the door to the bank. Had to send 55$ grand to Austria.  Yodeling lessons. You know. Seriously, for a client to pay for some equipment. Not exciting but it pays the bills. 

Left the bank, decided to get my car washed. They were closed. Assholes. Sunny, clear weather and they close. But, next door to car wash is Total Wine. Worlds largest discount liquor emporium. So I went there. I want to get a bottle of extra special bubbly for Marikas graduation. Her very last test is tomorrow. And college is a memory for her. We are thrilled for her. Now it’s job time. And in forty years she can retire. The end of childhood. That part is sad. That’s why we celebrate. 

The champagne was priced low, only $137. Yes that’s cheap. There were many bottles over $1000. Wish I could afford them. 

Back to work. Had plenty to do. Usual shit, calls, letters, etc. nothing out of the ordinary. About the same as my drive to work. Kinda boring. 

Emily called late. Wanted me to go to the Mercedes dealer and pick up a battery for her key fob. So I headed over there. Big surprise, the battery only cost 3$. A Mercedes bargain. 

Then to home. Long boring drive. Only in the dark. Not much fun. 

Home. Not much to do other than change the battery in Emily’s fob. I ended up resorting to a you tube video to get it done. The instructions from the the Mercedes guy were not workable. I did manage to do it. I am not totally lame. 

We had dinner. Emily didn’t finish because she didn’t like it. She made it, her issue. I thought it was fine. I ate all mine so I got dessert. 

We watched a little TV   And went to bed. 

I don’t need any help remembering how old I am. I look in the mirror every morning and see it. Occasionally bend down to pick something up and get a poke in the back. And then pretend it’s nothing. 

Back to the point. I get a bigger reminder today. My big sister turns 60 today. Which means my turn is next. It gets more difficult every year for me to ignore my age when everyone else around me just keeps aging. Like last night when we celebrated friend Renee’s 60th. Is everyone old? I don’t like it. 

I am blogging early today. Doing the work early so it won’t be like last night with me lying in bed before sleep, typing, just to get an entry in for the day. Sometimes I feel I am that busy. Not important, just busy. 

My esthetician phoned me to remind me to show up. I would have forgot the appointment, I am sure. Aging? No. But at least I can remember it now. 

Just so you know, I got peppermint cookies in my advent calendar today. I am very good so my advent gets filled every day. 

Today I did not go straight to work. I went to my appointment in downtown Dixon. Early am, 930. I was actually early for a change. And Rachel appreciated it. Always fun seeing her, no matter the occasion. She is full of local news and gossip. That’s fun. One interesting thing, a new market opened in downtown. A farm to fork type place with organic products and the like. They just opened a coffee bar too. So, after my treatment I went over to buy a latte for me and one for Rachel. It’s her Christmas present. 

Got there and they were not open yet. Opens at 10. I think if you sell coffee you oughta be open quite a bit earlier. By 10 the rush is over. The two lattes cost $10 and change. Ouch. I will admit, best coffee I have had since Europe last summer. So, overpriced but excellent. I will probably go back when I want good coffee. And hate paying for it. 

Now off to office. Usual uneventful drive, just the way it should be. I made the office in time for my first meeting. Hall and two clients. Hal was thirty minutes early and had lots to talk about. Mostly our following meeting. Our next clients are exiting one business by selling and forming several new ones too. We have had and will have many meetings with them. 

I won’t bore you with meeting details but will say it would bore most people. We did manage to come up with a strategy for the sale of the first business which is helpful. The meeting ran too long for me but I managed to keep my eyes open. 

Once everyone had left I was left to my own devices. I have devices, you know. And I used them to do work and clean up my emails and other nefarious activities. Nothing that got me paid. Or will get me paid. 

The long afternoon was not broken up  by anything of interest. 

Emily called at 430, as is her habit. Every day. She did remind me to go to REI and Costco after work. Good, an excuse to cut out early. I left at just after 5. 

REI is only a mile from my office. So it’s quick. At least it’s a quick drive. Once I am there it seems to take forever to shop. 

This time I enlisted help right away. And I really got it. One of the floor sales gals came over and basically marched me around the clothing area to help me find five different items. They had none of them in the correct size. Great. I ended up ordering something online from them. I managed to get a Yeti ice chest for the in laws. That’s a win. I left. 

Costco is next door to REI and Emily needed something or other from there. After much searching, no. 

Drive home. At high rate of speed. Spoke to Em on the way. I am going to pick up taco Tuesday in Vacaville. Dixon will be closed. I am planning on eating leftover Mole. 

I drove to Vacaville and Baldos for her. An  overpriced Chile Relleno combo.  Taste good at least. 

Now to home. About time. When I arrived Emily was grinding some of the glas projects her students had done. Took her another 15 mins to finish. I used my time doing my thing and putting away stuff and having a snack, etc. we finally got down to dinner by eight. 

I never did get to relax and watch TV. No great loss. I did get to lie down and blog prone. And I am so tired I am going to bed. 

I want holiday season Mondays to be awesome. It’s close to Christmas so Monday’s in December should be up to the job.  Today is not. 

Today I had an auditor coming to visit. Longtime client  got flagged for an audit. Sucks. They have the potential to get hammered. After collecting all their backup for expenses I think they are going to lose a lot of tax dollars., probably in excess of $20k. Plus whatever the state of CA assesses. Won’t be pretty. And could go far higher. 

I had to drive first to the clients office to pick up all receipts and backup for the audit. My appt with the IRS is at 9am. So, being at the clients at 830 cuts it close. So I got the paperwork and took off to the IRS office which is close by. Sadly, turns out, the auditor was at my office for the meeting. Oops. My bad. 

So jumped back into the car and raced to..Starbucks. I need coffee. Then off to my office. Auditor was very nice and young (is 41 young?). We got along well. We went through the usual audit crap. Back and forth. I talk a lot during audits and this was no exception. She got a call from her daughters school at this point. Kid had hit her head. She says call me in 15 mins to the school. So we kept working. 15 mins later call comes in and she has to leave. She wrote up a receipt for the documents and took them with her and headed to school. We will hear later. 

The balance  of the day was the usual. Paperwork, banks recs, a couple tax returns. The usual crap. Not notable, as you can see. 

Tonight was special. Our friend Reneewas celebrating her 60th today. Renee is the same Renee we just went to Hawaii with. And they wanted to go to one of their favorite places, one I had introduced them too, across the street from my office for dinner. Yay. Dinner and I don’t have to go far. Win. 

Emily drove in from work. She even arrived first. I got their next the Bob and Renee. They brought a magnum of one of our all time favorite wines. A 2009 Stephanie Zinfandel. I had forgotten, but we had given them this same bottle a few years back and they have been holding it. It’s best years are 10 to 20 so it’s about right. 

Dinner was excellent. The managing partner of the place came by to say hi. Renee rents her house in Roseville to him. I had introduced them to this place, partner Charlie met Renee and rented her house. As Charlie said, I put a lot in motion bringing Bob there. Funny how things happen. 

We left by about 830. It’s a school night so gotta go to bed. Drive uneventful. Home, did a few chores and off to bed. 

I took a pill at 2 am. To help me sleep. I had woken earlier and I knew I was not getting back to sleep anytime soon. Well, pull worked well. I woke at 830. That’s nice. But it’s midday and I have a pill hangover.

Being tired did not stop me from having a regular Sunday morning. Big paper, coffee, breakfast. Usual things. Coffee helps. I spent a couple hours cleaning the house. I am sure you are wondering where is Emily? She went with friend Barb to have reflexology massages. Then off to have her toes “done”. It’s 1pm and I still have not seen her. I did get a text from her when she went to toes. She had called but I was on the phone with Marika and at the same time getting a lap dance from my cat. So unable to answer phone.

House cleaning was awesome. Right. It is no fun but I do it anyway. Cleaned one shower and one toilet, both cat boxes, vacuumed everywhere mostly due to cats dropping fur averywhere. And that’s about it. Oh yeah, did dishes, emptied dishwasher, two loads of laundry. I forgot that stuff.

Now I really have nothing to do. Emily just called. She is in her way home and then we are going to run a couple errands. This rental house thing does leave the weekends void of chores. And what I do have to do is quick. I find this weekend in particular quite boring. Not sure why. I am guessing I don’t do well with free time.

Emily got home and had some lunch. She seems in love with the pork ribs I smoked/bbq’d last night. I used a light touch of hickory and apple wood. Cooked at a low temp for three hours. She told me today they were the best ribs she has had in her life. I was thinking they were good. But we each Tate what we want.

Our errands turned out to be school ones, not exciting, but something to do. We went to Tremont and dropped off packages and then made a bunch of copies. Em needed them for Monday morning. Since some of the copies were for Barb G our next errand was to go to her house and drop off said copies. We did just that. Emily took the long way home through English Hills. She does this whenever she comes out this way. Personally I head to the freeway. On sundays the freeway traffic is bullshit so it may be a good day for a detour.

We got home and now are semi watching football. I really never watch football anymore. I just lost my taste for it. I only watch baseball. But, the TV gods have conspired against me. The best thing on is a football game. So we watch football. There is just nothing to do.

I took the downtime to call back a gentleman that had called me. An associates, Hal, has asked me to call him and said he might call me. Hal wants me to vette the guy and his project. Ben, the caller, did call and leave a message on Saturday. So as I was saying, I called him here on Sunday evening. I learned a lot in 40 minutes.

Ben has a small real estate development project in the works. Maybe $2M. I would call it a nice condo conversion project. I asked several questions about what he is doing, where he is at on the project, his ability to finance and expected cost and how he will pay for it. I have my thoughts on his abilities and the strength of the plan. But I won’t put them in a public forum. I will share my thoughts with Hal.

And now I am sitting in the living room watching 60 Minutes. A bit too dramatic this week. I am going to watch anyway. Glad I watched, the drama ended. Good show.

Dinner time. Really just leftover time. But, the leftovers are the worlds best pork ribs made by yours truly. And the leftover potatoes and a salad. Not a leftover. It was a particularly awesome Sunday night dinner. Wish everyone was here. But you weren’t. Not planning on any dessert though Emily May want something.

Now that we are done with food and dishes it’s time for lousy TV. Seems like that is every night, and it is. Maybe I need to find something outside the living room to entertain me. An activity that isn’t too physically taxing.

Just so we are clear what is torturing me, AFV was on at 8. Then Simpson’s (past it’s prime), then Bobs Burgers. The last one is actually good. I am going to bed early anyway.

Today we slept in. I did not sleep fitfully but I did sleep. Up at about 730 which is ok. Em and I both have lots to do. We did the usual, all had breakfast some had coffee (none for dogs).  Em went of for a 915 haircut. I have to be gone by 1030 to get the dogs to Woodland for bath and haircut. Then both of us will be stocking shopping and Christmas shopping for part of the day. 

Tonight is the Goose Cross holiday dinner at their winery in Napa. We attended last year and it was truly fabulous. Emily has commented, many times, that it was the best dinner ever. Could be. They had a little writing contest, which I won. The fun part being our dinner guest giving me shit about the writing (I guess because I blog) and saying I thought I would win. I said nothing. But, when I won, I gave her a ration. And I still do, a year later. Fun. Wouldn’t it be fantastic if I won again? She would be beside herself. She has more to worry about now with her husband, (our other guest last year) being in and out of the hospital 10 times over the last few weeks. We are not sure if he will be going tonight. Hope so. 

I need to mow the lawn before I go out today. So I am off to accomplish something. 

After the big mow, big cuz I took down the stakes, I took the dogs to Woodland to get groomed. Shari, our groomer, has been grooming our dogs for the past 20 years. I first met her husband over 30 years ago. Grooming the dogs takes about 3 hours so I decided to go out and do some Christmas shopping. 

First stop, the pet store. Why? Because Shari knows the new owner and says she needs an accountant. More important than shopping. Well, Sally wasn’t there so I will have to call later. 

Off to shopping. I visited several stores, far too many, but did finish up Dee’s stocking, Emily’s advent, and put a dent in Emily’s regular stocking. The stores were not very crowded there was plenty of parking and it was easy. Didn’t spend too much either. It would be a good day shopping if such a thing existed. It doesn’t. 

I called at about 3 to see if the doggies were done. Yay, they were almost done. So, I made one more stop at a furniture store downtown. Emily had seen a riveted aluminum and leather swivel butterfly chair in the window of the store a while back and I wanted to see it as well. We are getting furniture for our move. The chair is perfect and unique and truly one of a kind. I am going to buy it but want to wait till I have the house. 

I called up Shari again. She was done. I offered to stop for Dutch Bros on my way and readily agreed. Shari does love her Dutch. 

I got there and collected my doggies. They look and smell much better than before. Much better.  

Drive home. I left Shari’s it was after three. Need to get home, unload and get ready for the dinner. We are meeting at about 5 at our house and leaving for Napa at 530. Of course, Barb is always late. So, got home and unloaded. Emily arrived soon after from work and shopping. We got everything situated that we purchased today. Got ourselves ready and were done 15 minutes early. 

Barb and her son, Kyle got there about 515. Late as I had mentioned. Kirk, Barb’s husband has surgery yesterday so he was not able to not able to attend the party. 

Barb and Kyle wanted a cocktail before we left. I decided to join them, a mistake it turned out. Drinks were excellent. 

We took off for Napa right after that. Traffic was light and we made decent time. We got there about 630. Actually we arrived kinda late. But, we had enough time for a few hors douvres and couple glasses of wine. 

Again, like last year, they had a writing assignment for us. A few words on our favorite Goose Cross Winery moment. I obliged  and also helped Kyle come up with an idea. We turned those in and continued to sip and eat till dinner. 

Dinner again was set up in the barrel room where the wine barrels are set to ferment. Same as last year, five courses, superb food, and a different wine with each course. Their wine was much better this year. And they poured more freely. 

After dinner they announced the winner. 2nd place to a lame story about some engagement. Then top prize. They rad the entry. It was mine. Hee hee. But, they followed up with Kyles. We had both written about the same thing. Mine led into his. Funny. I had given him the idea. No matter. Kyle told me we both won. I can go with that. 

Over the course of the evening the wine was poured quite freely and I had become quite drunk. Not falling down, but drunk. Barb was there as well. When we left, I was sitting in the back seat. The car sick seat. Fortunately, no puking happened. Took an hour to get home and I thought I was gonna barf the whole way. Got home and straight to the can to try and barf. No such luck. I was feeling lousy. I sat in the bathroom for an hour before I was finally able to go lie in bed and sleep. 

Today is about the same as yesterday. Except this morning Marika is here so I have a little more entertainment. Nothing else stands out. 

Marika, it turns out, stayed the whole day.   She is working on a project for school. The LAST one since she graduates in only SIX days. My little boo boo graduating college. We are proud of her. Next step is a job and then adulthood. Happy and sad at the same time. 

So morning included extra coffee to make and one more breakfast. Otherwise, same morning as all that came before.  

Off to work. Nice drive. Same as every other day. Except for a small accident in the far side of the causeway which caused a 45 minute back up. Joy. Then, at least, a very quick drive the rest of the way. 

Arrived at work and did the usual – phone calls from the car. I usually receive calls during my drive and don’t call back from the road. So I can sit in peace in the lot and get them done. 

Well, now into the office. The work day is more audit prep. A lot more. It was 75% of my day. I hate audit work. Today the audit work includes a call from clients who were here yesterday to discuss their audit from Tuesday. Today’s call was the wife, upset, and crying at times uncontrollably. She was upset with the results of the audit. Sadly, not wrong. I am used to emotional responses to things like this. I have seen grown men respond with even more crying. It’s painful for all. I need to speak to the auditor and get it done. Professionally, their outcome was very good. They just don’t believe it. Too bad. 

Back to work. I prepared a correspondence audit. Which entails getting clients to provide neat and organized receipts for the return being audited. My job, help them collect and send to me so I can organize it into auditable shape. Most people are no damn good at organizing data. Whatever.  I spent a good part of the day collating and organizing data and then mailed it off to the IRS. 

One more audit to put together. I am meeting with the auditor on Monday morning. The client has known for days what I need but I am still waiting for the requested paperwork. It’s 5pm and I have not seen it.  Guess I will be calling the client over the weekend. 

So, worked till six and left. We are eating in tonight. We always go out Friday night. Not this time. And Marika is still here. Now working on her resume for the new job she should be getting. We hope. I helped her update her resume. She does not want to use a cover letter which I do not agree with. Her call. 

We made nachos for dinner. I had thought we should have the leftover mole. I was overruled. I did put Mole in the nachos. I have to get something in it for me. They were delish. 

Marika loaded up, including the car, and headed home. We will see her soon. After all she finishes college next Thursday and I have to do something to celebrate that. Something she will enjoy. So I suppose we will party like fools next Thursday. 

I have been sitting watching bad TV the last hour or so. Getting ready for bed. Emily has been snoring next to me. She just woke a moment ago and said she needs to go to bed. What’s the difference?  I am going to bed. 

No matter what, 95% of every day is the same thing as the day before. No, not citing a scientific study though there probably is one. I write about my day, every day. Based on the last couple years, things don’t change. From casual observation, though I am hardly casual about it, most others are in the same boat. The work is how to make it sound different enough to be interesting. I have no idea if I have succeeded.

Emily just texted me. She needs $20. Can’t remember why. This is my first appointment of the day. And my first chance to forget something. It’s how my brain (doesn’t) works. Making a mental note. Wait, maybe I should make a paper note. Then what if I don’t read it? There is no solution. Except Emily reminding me. Will see how this goes.

I have another appointment at 11. I am hoping it is worthwhile but do not have any real belief it will. The guy is a long time client. He is a prima dona. And an asshole. He left my firm for greener pastures for about five years. Then came back. Now he is my new best friend. When someone leaves and comes back I am afforded the opportunity to raise my prices higher. After all, doesn’t the return mean I am better than all others? At least to him? I think so. I raised his price. Can hardly wait to see what he wants now.

Today I still have audit prep to do. Would love to get the correspondence audit off my desk. And the client off my phone. That would help. The IRS is a creator of havoc. A creator of anxiety. I heartily dislike them.

While checking my emails at home, my 11am texted. He can’t make it. Cool. So I took a little more time on my emails. Dragged around the house. Did some dishes. Packed up and left. About 1030.

Got to work around 1130. Got a call right as I pulled in and spent a few minutes on the phone. Now that I’m not driving, I checked voice mails and texts and made a few more phone calls. Ended up being in the car for half an hour. Thencarbisbhood for this. No one can interrupt or pass me a call or anything. I should do this every day.

Into the office. Katrina has an emergency for me to handle. Except I already did, from the car. I had already taken care of all my messages.

Spent the day on all my other tasks. I called the clients whose audit I handled last Tuesday. They came in shortly thereafter to review their case. The audit covered two years, the second of which had a very minor change. The first was a $40k tax increase. There is not much I can do for them. Fortunately I did not prepare the return. The guy who did the work is incompetent. The return was a pile. The auditor was more than fair. My clients, as usual for any client, were convinced it was not right. I think it more than correct based on the data I had. We ended up deciding to try for another adjustment to sales. The auditor is being more than fair in re-examining data. The client is just in disbelief.  I can tell who is correct.

After the meeting I moved on to more audit work. I am handling a correspondence audit for another client. I am preparing a package of receipts and other documents to mail off to an IRS examiner. I really don’t like this method. No contact with the auditor leads to problems.  I had to ask for a lot more data from my client. She had provided a portion and I prefer to have all. Crazy. Clients are very good at sending far less than is required.

I spent some time looking at cars on the internet and building them online. The idea being one day I will buy one. I have my eye on a few, but would really like to win the Corvette in the drawing I entered.  I am pretty sure I am going to win.

Headed home a little after five. Marika is home and we are making Mole. Which I looking forward to. I love Mole.

She had brought home a chair I had ordered at a Petaluma store  she helped me move it into the house when I finally got there.

Marika made all of us cocktails. Bourbon cocktails. It’s always a celebration when she comes home. Or just an excuse for cocktails. Like we need a reason.

Dinner was fabulous, as expected. The Mole was particularly spicy which I find very tasty. We had it on chicken and pork, separately.

Emily picked up eclairs and cream puffs for dessert. So we really feasted beyond the pale tonight. On a Thursday of all things.

We sat around a bit watching TV. And then we went to bed, leaving Marika up watching.

Monday night I slept very poorly. Woke at 4am and never got back to sleep. Happens. Last night, I slept like my dog Jaxon. Snoring, tongue hanging out, unconscious like I was dead. Nice. Woke at 615 with the alarm. Back to sleep instantly till 630 when Emily got up. I am hoping that bodes well for my day.

Today is Wednesday. As long time readers may know, it’s weigh in day. The transition from diet to maintenance is going well. I hit 150.8 old and 152.2 new scale weights. That’s after the last three weeks of fake Thanksgiving, real Thanksgiving, and 5 days in Maui. I am amazed it’s like a flat line. Maybe this diet does work. Soon, back to working out.

Got Emily out the door in good time, fed and lunched. All chores done. I ate some carbs today to celebrate weigh in. I have lots of work to do so need to get moving. But, took a half hour to text with friend Cissie. She needs some contact. I think she is a little down and you gotta boost your friends up when that happens. Don’t want them to ever think they are the cause of a problem when it’s not them. Self blame is a downward spiral and I got to help stop that. I will need to text her later just to check in. For now, the shower.

Stopped at the German Bakery on the way to work. Just a quick cream filled twist. And a cup of coffee. For weigh in.

Off again. This time all the way to the office.

So I had a lot of work to do today. Though I had much work to do, here at 10pm, I can hardly remember any of it. I have audit prep for two clients. I finished a letter to one to get all the info in for the auditor. Not sure what else I did. Spoke to a couple clients. Answered many emails. Spoke to Walker a few times regarding a new client coming on board. Went to the bank with the weekly deposit, two days early.

Emily left work early to go to a Med appointment here in Sacramento. After she was done, she drove toward me and we met up at a restaurant across the street, in the mall, from my office. The place was full, on a Wednesday night even. We had a nice dinner, I also had a couple cocktails, in honor of weigh in. This place is one of our favorites. Not for the price because it’s pricey.

After dinner we went into the mall for some Christmas shopping. Managed to get some nice things at Nordstrom for the boy. Emily really wanted to leave. She had even tried to skip out after dinner. I forced her to keep going for a few more minutes. We found nothing else so I told her to go on home. I continued bravely, for awhile longer. But even I got tired and called it a night.

I went to the valet, it’s free, hot the car and headed home. Nothing much going. Spoke to Marika on the way back. She sent me a xmas list for her brother. That helps. We don’t know what to buy him anymore, he does nor maintain much contact. Thank god his sister found out.

Got home and unloaded. Watched a little TV. Blogged, obviously. And went to bed.

Today not much of import going on. I slept rather poorly last, waking at 4am and not getting back to sleep. I hate that. Which means I will be very tired today and probably sleep better tonight. I can only hope.

I just finished my second cup of coffee so I am awake and more alert. I have stacks of work right here, personal errands mostly, and stacks of work at work where they belong. Plenty to do when I get there. Need to do audit prep for three audits. What fun. I am sure it will keep me busy all damn day.

Always more to do. I have emails to slog through here. I reconciled my checking account. Cleaned a little. Work is never done.

Did usual work for balance of day. Not exciting.

I need to short change everyone. It’s now Wednesday morning. And today, Monday, is in the ether. So I end here to pick up, lamely, tomorrow.