What the Fuck Was I Thinking?

I am now 3 hours in doing my taxes for 2004. Via H&R Block, online.

I could have had them completed in 45 minutes, tops, if I had done them on paper.

* Rolling my eyes, shaking my head and realizing I really, really need some sleep *

: )

Down to 3 more days of being a thirtysomething. I believe I am OK with this, but it does seem a bit odd to realize that, come Monday, I am 40. Sounds really different, somehow.

Meanwhile, I renewed my driver’s license today. And it was not nearly as stressful as I might have imagined because, for starters, there were no tests involved, except for vision, for which there was no point in me even attempting to read the chart without my glasses on.

I was at an advantage because I live catty-corner from the driver’s license place, so I could sorta keep tabs on when it appeared to be busy. I went at about 3 p.m., and there were only 3 people signed in ahead of me, plus 2 guys at the counter. I plopped down, whipped out my notebook and jotted a few paragraphs for Saturday’s column.

Meanwhile, this older man was acting all confused about the signing-in process, after he had basically marched up to the counter and tried to demand that someone wait on him. He was told to sign his name on the sheet (they used to make you take a number), and then he proceeded to pace back and forth. When one of the women working there told him to have a seat, he claimed that they had waited on 4 other people ahead of him.

And I’m thinking, Yeah: The 2 men who were at the counter, and 2 of the 3 people who were ahead of him on the list!