September 15th has Arrived!

First off...welcome to my first blog post! I know...it has taken me long enough to jump on this bandwagon.

As a tax accountant, I revolve around the 15th of each month. Some are worse than others. To the general populous this means the infamous April 15th. What many probably don't realize is that September 15th tends to be more chaotic for most...the reason being the corporate tax return extended deadline.

Much to my relief September 15th has arrived and my life returns to a semi-normal life...if such a thing exists.

Since I've basically neglected contact with the world outside of my cube for the past few weeks, I've decided to share some of the highlights and my lessons learned this past busy season:

• I succeeded in justifying myself that it was acceptable to pay $15 per day for a solid month to drive to work and park in my building's garage in order to keep some level of sanity during the craziness. I learned it doesn't take much coaxing at all for me to be convinced such a frivolous purchase is entirely worth it.
• Driving home at 11:30 p.m. is not fun...especially when greeted by an utterly wasted dude in my driveway who decided to lay in the road so I could pass him. He was the only thing blocking me between parking my car and getting some much needed shut-eye. I proceeded to call and wake up my roommate Janelle wondering what the heck to do about it. The important lesson I learned is that you can call 911 from an out-of-area cell phone and magically the police know what city you happen to be in.
• Contrary to popular belief, you can leave food in the work freezer and not have it devoured by scavenger auditors. My lean cuisine was unscathed after a full two weeks of neglect given by myself.
• Colds spread like wildfire in a cubical environment and are nearly impossible to avoid.
• Sick days don't exist...even when you really are sick. You CAN actually get over a cold and work 70 hours a week. Taking a sick day would be the cop-out answer.
• Some clients are bozos and hire complete idiots. Unfortunately...I am the one that suffers and has to deal with them.
• "Mr. T. in my Pocket" has a way of expressing exactly how yoau feel at 7pm while still sitting in your cube. "Don't make me mad...grrrrrrr!"
• Hoops and Yoyo have the right idea when it comes to Wednesdays. (See E-card)
• Starbuck's "Treat Receipt" is ploy to force people to spend an extra two dollars a day for an extra pick-me-up in the afternoon. Lucky for me, it meant a really cheap frappachino blended cremes thanks to friends' morning wake-up purchases. Thanks Christie!
• FedEx doesn't always pick up daily as one would think. If the freight elevator is out of order...the FedEx truck passes you by. This is always bad news when a tax return was supposed to go out overnight to a client in order to make a tax deadline. However, if you have an awesome mailroom guy...he will chase after the FedEx plane the next morning.
• My anger and frustration can be unleashed through drawing stick figures. What does it matter that the picture included the words "I QUIT!"??? It was in the heat of the moment....

I think those are the highlights. HAPPY SEPTEMBER 15TH!