Oh gee, thanks, world
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WHY IS THE WORLD SO MEAN TO ME.
No, I’m not really going to whine. Not really.
Only, the thing is. When we got our preliminary tax return papers, we found out that we’re in for a whopping return this year, which is a nice change of pace, because usually I get money back, but Tor owes. So imagine our glee when not only do we both get money back, the amount is a LOT more than we’d dared hope for.
So we’re eagerly counting the days to June 24th. Well, sort of. We were looking forward to it, anyway. So we splurged and got a new home theater system, completely with Blu-Ray, which is awesome awesome awesome, and the new sound is OH SO GOOD and makes me jump all the time because it’s just so CRISP and CLEAR and WHOA DID YOU JUST MAKE A SQUEAKY NOISE?? NO, IT WAS THE MOVIE, BUT IT SOUNDED SO REAL.
Sorry about that. I really love good picture and sound when I watch movies. It warranted a bit of caps.
So yes, tax return money. We’ve already spent some of it before actually having it, sort of - I had the money in my bank account, because I’d just gotten my vacation pay, which was also insane and awesome all at once, so at least we didn’t have to use the credit card.
But then the 24th rolls around. I get home from work, there’s a letter for me. Tor tells me to not open it, throw it away, it’s not good news in there, I hate this stupid letter.
I open it. It tells me that I won’t be getting my tax return money until October. SO SORRY, SINCERELY, TAX DEPARTMENT.
Well, shit.
But here’s where I turn it into something positive:
- We have quite a bit of money right now anyway, because of vacation pay. And, because my boss is away on holiday and I fill her position while she’s away, I’ll get 5 weeks worth of HER salary level instead of my own.
- There are no huge bills coming up.
- We’ll have lots of money in October, a time where we usually have just a normal amount. We might be able to afford a long weekend in Krakow or Berlin or someplace like that!
- The state has to pay us the interest on the money, and their interest rates are better than the ones we’d get in our own bank.
So really? Unless they suddenly decide that we’re not getting any money after all (God forbid), this is a GOOD THING.
See? Not whining! GOOD THING.