Tuesday, April 15, 2008

I helped Mark with his taxes for as long as I could, but after a while there wasn't anything for me to sort or figure out and he was on his own. I did advise him that it would be best to take care of this today, and just take the time off work and explain what was going on, which he did. I ended up not getting any more sleep before work (which I was a half hour late for).

Work was mostly a breeze. I worked with Bryan & Alex. I talked to DJ on the phone, and the 'Date with DJ' contest that 3 of us won, will be rewarded Thursday night. I read my book on my lunch, which continues to excite. Shortly after lunch, Bryan let me know that he'd pushed everyone an hour back, so the people I expected to see when I got back from break (John & Michael) wouldn't be in by the time I left - he also said he needed to cut even more labor and asked if I wanted to go home. I said sure, as this would take any pressure off Mark about getting to the post office or whatever.

When I got home, Mark's demeanor had changed again. Before I left for work he thought he was getting about $2,000.00 back from his 2007 taxes, but it turns out he's actually in the negative by like $107.00 or something like that. His taxes from 2004, which he was struggling to get done so he could get money back from that (the cut off date for a refund from 3 years ago is today), was even more dismal in that he owes like $900.00 on there. So basically, the plan I thought would get us out of debt just revealed more debt. But Mark was freaking out about having to pay all that money now, but I pointed out that as long as he isn't getting money back from 2004, that he doesn't have to file it today. I stressed that it was important that we knew about this debt and that we would find some way to pay it off, but that for now, it was best to just work with the stuff that we can pay and go on from there. I thought this was all common sense, but Mark thanked me profusely for being 'so smart'. Sleep deprivation can be scary. lol

Of course he still has to file his 2005 & 2006 taxes, which he might actually get money back from. And because he's doing his 2007 taxes, he should get that $600.00 bonus, which we can then use towards some of his other debt. This is a crappy time, money wise, but I keep telling him how good it will feel when he has all this behind him, and he seems to be taking it to heart, which is good, because I know he's been bogged down by this for so long! It's best just to get it behind him, and I'm really proud of him for stepping up and confronting this monster. :-0)

I'm gonna (shocker!) start a new dvd for Mollie, and get changed.

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