Lip Blister, calling the I.R.S., paint the car yellow

When I got home last night, my lip was swollen. I looked at it and I thought at first it was a blister. I'm 34 and have never had a cold sore, so I was a bit miffed. I figured it could be one of two things: a chemical burn or a bit lip

I ruled out chemical burn since I would have TASTED it and gagged, so I was hoping it was from me biting my lip as I anxiously worked last night.

After sleeping, my lip revealed a bite mark.

I may have mentioned that I enjoy doing our taxes. Sure I use the H & R Block software free linked off the irs.gov website, but I also look over the hardcopy paperwork and figure out what my return should be.

H & R Block screwed us out of money the last year we used their pay services because the preparer was a boob that told us that we didn't need to figure out Schedule A deductions and took out the standard deduction. The following year, I did our taxes and found that going the Schedule A brought back a bit more $ than going the Standard deduction route. Since he only plugged numbers into the software a monkey could plug, the jackass with H & R Block didn't do anything unique to tax professional.

Anyways, I had a couple questions that weren't obvious from reading the various irs.gov publications. I searched and searched, but I found myself guessing what something should be. Upon my digging for info to my questions, I found a page that offered FREE tax help.

I figured that calling on Monday would be stupid, so I called on Tuesday. The recording suggestioned to call Wednesday and Thursday, but I was free and had my "conference call" phone at my disposal. After a while, I got a triage person who told me that my two questions couldn't be answered by him, but rather by two different people. He forwarded somewhere that lead to me waiting another forty or so minutes. This person told me that I would need to file a Schedule C. When I asked about the Schedule C, I was told she couldn't answer but forwarded me to another person. I waited another forty or so minutes when I was told that I didn't need a Schedule C and proceeded to tell me what I had already HOPED would be the correct answer.

Having been vindicated and not wanting to spend another minute on the phone, I said thank you! I was on the phone a solid two hours, and I was only half done with my questions. I would have called yesterday but something came up, so I called back today. I only spent 33 minutes total on the phone. The call would have been shorter, but I had a hard time understanding the IRS person. She had an Asian accent and had to ask what form I was using to file my taxes. After all was said, I was given an answer I was hoping not hear, but figured as being probable from the poking around irs.gov.


I went to the new Kroger today after dropping B off at pre-school. I got petro and went in to get some cheap leche. Kroger announced last week that they were doing away with double coupons to lower their prices as a whole. If their milk is regularly $1.99, I may shop there some, but if not, then I will double coupon ELSEWHERE (yes, I'm talking Meijer's).

When I go home, I had to detour due to road construction. Nothing big, just a mild annoyance that added a few minutes to drive around the block.

After being home and about to settle into Dale Carnegie, I got a call from K's school. He had a belly and head ache. I went to his school with children's motrin, but he was ready to home since he was in his coat and had on his backpack. The secretary took his temp, which was normal for a normal little boy. K isn't normal and usually run low, which along with his ear being red lead to me taking him home.

Driving home, I could only think of how I was going top have to pick up B soon from pre-school. Right then I felt the premonition of when the kids will be needed taxied to friends' homes and such. I really don't want to paint the car yellow, but it may as well be soon.