I had a craaaaappy day yesterday! And — very luckily so — I really haven’t had one of those in a while.
The headliner was that we received an ominous email from our accountant followed by a phone call where we were told we owed [obscene amount] in estimated taxes because the amounts I paid in prior quarters (numbers provided by these same people, yes) did not match with the final numbers. And not in a good way.
That was rough.
My dad was also having some terrible struggles, and I spent a lot of time worrying about that.
AND my clinic day was super busy and a bit challenging in some parts, and I always mentally struggle with the ‘last’ day of anything before a break (always have!).
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
I powered through, emptied my EPIC inbox, made a plan for the tax payments (bathroom renovation may have to wait a bit but personally this does not cut too deeply), and pouted a little bit. I also may have have done some AI-assisted financial exploration with old YNAB data. And this morning, I am already feeling pretty at peace.
(A HUUUUGE help is that my dad may have figured out what was going on and is feeling suddenly better! CANNOT celebrate too soon, but extremely promising news from PHL and haven’t gotten any of that for a long time.)
You guys, I did not scroll Reddit!! I did not even treat my discontent with DQ (though truthfully that would have bothered me less than a Reddit-fest). I got up today and made my usual plan and thus far have successfully executed, and now it’s T-1 day until my girls’ trip and I am so excited!
I feel like there have been seasons where I would have lurked in the doldrums for much longer, perhaps even waiting for the magical New Month to save me. So, progress!
I do have one concerning piece of news.
YOU GUYS. THE FALL FOLIAGE HAS NOT ARRIVED IN BOSTON/CAPE CODE AREA AND I AM GOING TO FAIL AT MY ANNUAL GOAL OF SEEING IT.
EXCEPT I just realized I will be in NC mid-November so . . . . . WHEW.
Notice that South FL is not on this map. So sad (but true).
At least it will be cool temps. Bring on the fleece + puffer! (And college besties, and stationery, and relaxation).
Can’t wait!!!
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Yay for the bounce back! Crappy days are unfortunately a reality, and the best that we can hope is to not have too many of them or to let one crappy day unleash a string of crappy days with our coping mechanisms.
Leaves may not be at their peak but at least they’ll be starting to change when you’re in Boston. I’ve got my eye on the New England states for next month so I’m hoping for colors that are even better than what we have here. I totally used to take fall for granted until I started reading Jenny’s blog and realized that not everyone has it.
There are definitely bits of color already in the Boston area. Definitely not peak, but if you don’t get anything in south Florida it will probably be enough for you! Unfortunately the weather this weekend doesn’t look great…and I’m speaking as parent who is supposed to spend the weekend at a soccer game and park birthday party. We will see if either ends up happening…
haha yes, somehow we timed this with the Nor’Easter. My friend’s house is not too close to water and is high up so we are feeling okay about it!! Ready to shelter in place together – trying to reframe as coziness! (We DID have plenty of experience hanging out doing nothing in crappy weather in college . . western MA is great for practicing that.)
Gah! Unexpected tax payments are NO fun. (I mean, in general, paying taxes isn’t fun.)
We are going through a few crappy things this week and I am feeling OVER it.
Adulting is overrated. Sigh.
That said, I am SO glad to hear about potential improvements for your dad. I hope he continues to feel better <3
Oh no! Unexpected tax payments are the WORST! We have been there, done that- but with personal taxes since we sold off a rental property. It was gutting. Thankfully, we did have the money to pay it but would have much rather used that money for personal use instead of government use!
I’m glad to hear that your Dad is *hopefully* doing better!
Fall foliage is such a tease! It’s a blink and you miss it kind of thing around here. One blustery day and all the leaves are gone haha.