Wouldn't you believe it? It was beautiful all yesterday afternoon, but I of course didn't want to break my rhythm and run a day early, so instead I got up this morning and slogged 14 miles through the rain. Then what happens? The sun breaks out by 1PM and it's beautiful everywhere I look! Just my luck I guess ( Read more... )

So today marks the last day of any relaxing stretch of time that I'll get to have until after April 15th. I was able to enjoy a 3 day weekend on account of my boss telling us all not to come in on Friday in order to make up for missing the ski trip we were supposed to take last weekend (which we were unable to reach on account of all of Tacoma ( Read more... )

So I was working away through my last study chapter for the Auditing Exam this morning, when I felt something tap my shoulders. Now mind you that I was listening to a lecture over headphones at the time, and with as rapidly as the professor speaks I can't really hear much else going around me. Since our cats have a habit of climbing my chair and ( Read more... )

Wee, its the first of January. That means only two weeks until work begins to pick up and my life becomes a constant slog of long work hours, short sleep hours, hastily eaten meals and general aching all over. I can't wait! Seriously, despite everything I just said I do actually enjoy tax season on some level. If nothing else, it's good to wake up ( Read more... )

Somehow without my noticing I've reached December already. I'm not entirely sure what happened to November. Between my zoning out while Kami was in England and the following Thanksgiving vacation, the whole month just kind of shot by without any real level of productivity on my part. I suppose I must have finished a few projects at work, but I can' ( Read more... )

So the Thanksgiving vacation is almost over. It's the longest break I get at my job without using any of my days off, which I don't intend to use until after tax season's end. Still, it has been more than relaxing to last for a while. I managed to read through an entire novel from start to finish, which is something that I haven't been able to do ( Read more... )

Had fun driving about 200 miles today in order to get over to Moses Lake. And by fun I mean dull and tiring, but it was all worth it to finally be with Kami again. Of course, the above mileage does include a detour to Enumclaw to pick up some things I had left at Stephen's place, which add a bit of travel time ( Read more... )

So I'm done with my Regulation section of the exam. I noticed a lot of questions that I knew the answer for right away, so that's a good sign, I hope. Now to head up to the office. With any luck everyone will have already left for the holiday.

So I have another section of my CPA exam tomorrow, covering tax and business law. People keep asking me if I feel 'ready'. I never feel ready for these things. Even worse is when people ask afterwards how I think I did. I despise those questions, because there is honestly no way to judge how you are going to score on one of these crazy tests, ( Read more... )

Well, here I am again, finally returning to livejournal after far too long an absence. It's amazing how the minute something isn't part of my daily routine, I almost entirely forget about it (I'm referring to habits here, not people of course). This is probably the same reason that my exercise routines tend to swing between extreme laziness and ( Read more... )