At least the state is paid

Today, I paid our state taxes. Yay, it is over.

We still have our fed taxes to pay. That will be the one that really hurts. But we are saving up, and making progress.

I'm glad to have at least the state paid. One less thing to worry about.



Grandpa went home from the hospital, and is doing well in his recovery.

My BIL is hanging in there. There will be a small, private service held for his father this Saturday.

My step-mom's situation is worse than I first heard. The doctor's are suspecting cancer. Her surgery is on Friday, and we are hoping to be told it was just nothing.

No new info about my aunt. America's Most Wanted showed the picture of the accused murderer on TV last week, but no leads came from it. AMW will be doing a full profile and airing a full segment on this situation. We are hoping for some leads from that.

It hurt, but it didn't kill us

We had our taxes done today. We knew we were going to have to pay because of the mess with Selo's ex wife, and we were expecting to pay A LOT. (You know how that goes.) Thankfully, it is over with. We had them done, we know the total, and we can make a plan. Plus, we will never ever have to deal with that kind of mess again. So, we are right in the middle of the worst part, BUT it will only get better from here. We have until April 15 to get the money together. If we can't do that then we can call before that date and make payment arrangements. As of tomorrow, Selo and I are going to figure out our new financial plan, and decide from there. And when it's all over, we are going to look into Outer Banks rentals. We wanted to go there the whole time we lived close, but never got the chance. We want something to look forward to, and that's it.

Found out something interesting while we were there, though. Did you know that 1 in every 186 people will be audited? That number is huge! Selo has been audited before (again, thanks to a mess from his ex wife, which luckily he got his name cleared on). It wasn't as much of a messy situation as I had always heard it would be, but it was agonizing none-the-less. It's hard to believe that 1 in 186 people go through that every single year.

My WW today went really well. I had my normal breakfast, a good lunch, went out to dinner, and as of right now I am right on for my points. I will probably use some of my weekly flex points tonight to have a snack of either pretzels or ice cream, but it won't push me over then either. This is so much easier than I thought. I'm getting suspicious whether or not I will actually lose weight on it. lol

I'm off to bed. I know it's not even nine yet, but it's been a long hard day. Work was awful today, taxes sucked, and my hormones are still all wacked out. I think some extra sleep will do me good.