baronessekat | Non-house related updates.

One major hurdle for mom done.... I went and got our taxes done today after work.

Mine were nice and easy. Getting $217 back from the Feds. Owe NYS $114. I can cope. Especially since I'm doing direct deposit so as soon as the funds hit I can write the check to NYS.

Mom's however was an adventure. Because sis is a "grown-up" at least in the eyes of the government *wink* I couldn't have mom file as a head of household this year like she did last year.

So even with every deduction we could find, including me sitting there for 20 minutes reading off sales tax figures so the woman could add it up, AND all the medical and dental she had done last year... the loss of sis as a dependant hurt.

Because she was a teacher, Mom does not pay NYS tax. Which is nice. But she owes the Feds almost $2,900. *sigh* But at least we found the money to pay it. I'll be writing a check to the Feds this weekend when I sit down to pay this months stack of bills.

I got to thinking that I haven't heard anything yet from the hospital about any money owed to them for the days mom was in ICU. I doubt medicare paid for all of it. Perhaps I should give them a call and ask.

I need to make a shopping list for food for the weekend. Things needed to feed people Saturday all day, not to mention the actual Easter Dinner. I'm really nervous about Easter Dinner. It's the first holiday without mom. That alone is going to be tough. But add to that I'm the one making dinner for 8-10 people. If it weren't a holiday I would be going "no sweat". I love to cook and 10 people is cake. But it's a holiday and holidays are big things in my family. Have to make sure no one goes hungry. Bad luck and worse form for a guest to come to your house, sit at your table and go hungry. My great aunts Sue and Harriet told me so when I was 12ish. So I'm nervous. And I'm going to be nervous so no point in telling me not to be.

Add to all this I'm hormonal. I'm irritable, cranky and retaining the atlantic. i'm not kidding on the last. I normally wear size 10/12 pants. Today, I couldn't get into my 10 jeans. Couldn't get into my 12 jeans. I couldn't find my 14s. I actually had to wear 16s today in order to find a pair of jeans that fit so I could wear them while I cleaned and organized the storeroom at work (as I said to my boss... like I don't get enough of this crap on the weekends, I gotta do it for work too???). Let me tell you though, having to break out clothes that I thought I would never have to wear again was not a boost to my self-esteem and mental health today. Granted they were loose and I would have worn a belt if I could have found one, but that doesn't negate the fact that I had to wear 16s. May first I start back on the dieting. i've been lax since before mom died and haven't been motivated to care enough since she died. Now clothes are getting snug. Time to pay attention again.

*sigh*

I got an email from my grandfather in Charleston today. Nana fell and broke her hip. She's had surgury, but while she was under her BP fluxuated so much that instead of Orthopaedic Recovery she's in the Cardiac Observation Unit (one step below ICU). Pop-Pop says he can visit her for several hours at a time. I hope to all that is Holy that my Cousins are taking him to the hospital and he's not driving himself. Even with Optical Myopoty (I think that is what he has) and can't see much of anything without MASSIVE magnifications he thinks he's still 40. No stubbornness is not in my family at all. < /sarcasm >

OK, I'm going to go find a quick bite to eat and go to bed and try to forget today happened. Did I mention I overslept today too and was late for work (well I ws only 3 minutes late, but normally I'm there a good 15-30 minutes early) AND someone ate the frozen meal I had in the freezer that I was planning on eating today.

Yeah I was definately a Wednesday.