Everyday Randomness

Sleeping Is Impossible

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Yep we’re still going to Franklin later today, and nope I can’t get any sleep. I doped myself up with Nyquil, and even though it got rid of the rest of my symptoms and made me sleepy, I’ve got a nasty cough that just won’t go away. Every time I try to lay down my cough kicks in right as I start to dose off. I tried sitting up in my recliner to sleep, and that didn’t work either. My cough is still there, and it’s uncomfortable as hell.

I decided to do the only thing I have the energy to do. I sat here and listened to an e-book, and now I’m dropping Entrecards. I’m enjoying the time I’ve got to read a few blogs right now and possibly discover some new faves, but I’m not exactly happy about the lack of sleep. Maybe if I can pass out by 9 I’ll get at least a few hours of sleep.

I Feel Like…

absolute crap.

moar funny pictures

I can’t wait until all this weird weather is over. Then maybe we’ll all stop getting so sick! I swear I’ve spent more days this winter sick than healthy, and I know a ton of other people who are the same way.

Hubby started getting sick at the beginning of the week, and I knew he’d end up passing it on to me. He always does no matter how hard I try to keep myself from getting it. As much as I’m anti antibacterial stuff, I stocked up last week. That might be what ends up getting these germs good and gone. I fully believe all the antibacterial stuff out there has made us sicker as a society.

It’s a proven fact that children who grow up in perfectly spotless houses don’t develop immune systems as strong as those children who are exposed to germs. Antibacterial products may kill the germs, but them those strains come back as a stronger form that the antibacterial products can’t fight off.

Anywho, I dosed myself up with Nyquil and slept most of the day, but it hasn’t worked. I think instead of working on my blogs tonight I’m going to dose myself up again. My head hurts, my body aches, and I can’t breathe. Maybe I’ll go chill for awhile in my massage chair recliner. I’ll curl up with a book and a blanket while I let the massage and heat functions do their job. Maybe it won’t take me long to pass out again, and hopefully I can sleep a good long while.

I need to knock this stuff out of my quickly. I’ve got to take a trip to Franklin, NC tomorrow to help Anna check out a vehicle she might buy, and I don’t need to be sick and passing germs on to the baby.

Izea Ranks Finally Working Properly

For awhile I’ve been discussing the fact that Izea Ranks wasn’t reporting all of my daily unique traffic. I’m happy to say that has finally changed! I’ve kept an eye on things, and finally I’m able to report that not only is Izea Ranks showing all of the unique hits to my blog, but over the past 3 days Izea Ranks has actually reported more uniques than any of my other stat programs.

+1 for Izea Ranks!

Triple Stressing Over The Taxes

Remember how I said hubby isn’t cooperating with getting our taxes done? I yet again asked him to call the tax woman to set up an appointment, or if he wouldn’t, give me the number and I would. He argued with me about it again last night with the excuse that he doesn’t know when he’ll be able to take off work. I yet again said let me handle it, then you can swing by the office the next day you’re off because of the rain and sign the papers.

*Note that he missed work Friday and half a day today because of rain, and will most likely miss at least half a day tomorrow because of snow. If he had let me make an appointment weeks ago he could have swung by either of those days to sign the papers! MEN!

Anywho, so he finally tells me he thinks I should do our taxes online with Tax Act. Out of all the people I’ve talked to, most of them have recommended Tax Act over Turbo Tax. I’m still iffy about doing that because a few thing are still confusing to me, but he assured me he knew I could do it. After all, I over analyze everything. I mean we’re talking about me, the girl who took 3 years to decided on a cell phone carrier because I wanted the perfect package/service. Nevermind the fact that I chose Verizon in the beginning and still ended up going with them. I still had to analyze every little aspect of everything.

At midnight I tucked hubby into bed after a dose of Nyquil (he’s my sick kiddo right now), and I sat down to go over the taxes again. 4 hours later I think I finally have everything figured out minus one little thing that’s throwing me off on the NC state taxes. I’m happy with the numbers I’m getting, so I decide to leave the NC return for now until I can get an answer. I debate calling the tax lady tomorrow to ask if she’ll charge me less to look over my returns for errors vs filling them out for me. I send off a quick email to Lisa bitching about how much I hate the taxes, then I go right back to work.

I make a mental note to go back to the federal return and enter my student loan interest. I can’t believe I forgot that. First I decide to run the error check on the NC return. I click the button and bam!

I get a big whopping message telling me the site has been taken offline for maintenance! ‘Tis bullshit!

My first thought was what if I had been submitting my returns. How would I know they went through? If I thought they didn’t go through and resubmitted I could screw everything up. A friend of mine’s accountant accidentally submitted her paperwork twice last year, and even though she filed at the beginning of February, the 2nd submission caused her to not get her checks until the end of MAY!

I’m giving up tonight. I’ll look back over everything on the NC return, get an answer to my question, add my student loan interest to the federal, and finish my SC return tomorrow. I don’t feel like waiting for the site to come back up. I’m already stressed to the max.

Stormy Weather & Little Sleep

Today has been a really messed up day around here. First I had to deal with a massive amount of storms this morning, and if you don’t know I have panic attacks when it storms. I don’t know why. It’s something I’ve tried to overcome, but it’s something I’ve dealt with since childhood.

I’m perfectly fine if someone is home with me, but I panic the second I’m at home alone. Normally I plan ahead for stormy weather, and I just walk next door to spend some time with my Grandparents until the storm passes. If I’ve got a lot of stuff to accomplish I’ll take my laptop with me and work on what I can, so at least I can say my panic attacks don’t affect my work.

This morning I decided to leave the laptop at home, and I opted for a nap on their couch instead. I slept for maybe 4 hours before hubby came home from work and showed up. I guess I didn’t plan on getting a lot of sleep in today anyway.