Started out stormy....
Migraines or taxes, which one do you think are worse? Neither one are fun to deal with, and I unfortunately have had to deal with both this last week. I am behind on everything I planned to do by now. Oh well.
I had a bad experience with my taxes last year, and it has caused me to delay my completion of them this year. Mostly I spent this past weekend putting the rest of everything together, then onto a website to complete the forms. I was a tax preparer for a few years, then moved on to other occupations. 
So I feel a little rusty working on them. I am also partly self employed, so I have a decent chunk of income I have to show expenses against. I do have a good bit of expenses to use, it just takes time to add everything up and find the right hole to plug the number in. I had worked on my ‘stuff’ gathering and had most of it done, but it still took 4 hours to finish and add everything up, with Boyfriend helping too I might add. I have a very nice and very patient Boyfriend, in case I haven’t mentioned that lately. I was a grumpy gus working on everything. He let me grumble and gus and kept right on helping me. That was Saturday.
Sunday was spent finding the website and plugging in the numbers we found on Saturday. Another 4 hours later adding numbers and checking and rechecking entries and according to the website I finally had no mistakes and I am ready to file. By this time my head was beginning to seriously hurt. I told Boyfriend I would send them off the next day, and closed the books for the evening. I have had some headaches off and on since last Tuesday.
Monday came and headache was still there. It was a long day. I had a couple of elderly customers come in for me to explain their insurance to them. I usually really enjoy this part of my job. They were a very nice elderly couple, only problem is the husband has dementia. He knows he does, and he knows he will probably forget everything I have told him by the time they get back out to their car. His wife and I had already spoken and gone over everything before they came in, she just needed my help for him too. I took my time and spent close to 2 hours going over their questions, several times. I was pretty worn out by the time they thought they had everything they needed. By then my head was seriously aching. When I have to talk a lot it makes the headaches worse. Le sigh. It was going to be a long day.
...but nice results in the end.
I also had an interesting event I was going to that night. A friend of mine started selling a product that helps you lose a few inches off of your waist overnight. It’s kind of a natural detox, she went through the whole explanation and procedure with several of us that had gathered for her product test run. I really did loose 3 inches in the middle of my waist, and 1 1/2 inches each off of my lower and upper belly too. You can contact her through her new website, heckyeahitworks if you are curious. If the site isn’t completely working yet, try back in a few days. It was interesting to see the results. I will let you know how long they last for me.
Anyway, after the ‘wrap party,’ as it was called , my head was SCREAMING at me….even thought about going to the hospital on my way home. But when I got in I drank a protein shake and took a quick bath and went to bed. The headache finally disappeared somewhere between 10 PM and 12:30 AM when I had to get up to go to the bathroom. Today has been better, but I am very sore from the headache, and a little scattered, which is a normal response to the headaches for me. I went almost 2 years with no migraines, and I was thrilled with that. Unfortunately I am having them a lot the last few months. My stress management has not been working I guess. February/March I had a 3 week migraine, and headaches off and on for most of the last week ending with this doozy of one last night. I am looking forward to my vacation in May. I really think I need it.
Hope you are doing better than this. I am doing better now thankfully. I do have a wonderful story about a lady named Shirley and that birthday party we went that I will share with you soon. April Fool’s weekend was a great weekend! Will catch you up next time, talk to you then, Angela
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