Good+Bad Times

Good Times

Last night was the Absentee Bachelorette Party for Sabina and we had a fantastic time. Jenn came over and we got ready at my place while listening to a very corny medley cd I had, or at least I thought it was corny, but Jenn loved it so it was all good. SkankyLiz was supposed to show up, but after some wardrobe issues involving boots that were too loose, and then no other footwear to go with the miniskirt, I had to switch to pants which took the skank factor down quite a bit. Still had on what I considered a skanky top, but I've discovered my definition of "skanky" may not be accurate compared to everyone else's definition. It's my leftover conservative accounting sense of style to blame for that.

The party consisted of Lisa, Suzy, Mare, Jenn and me. We sat around drinking out of martini glasses, though no one had a classic martini, and I didn't drink anything alcoholic. A very fun time, being the only sober and single girl in the room was quite interesting :) We sat around, listened to music and talked all night, didn't end up going out as we were feeling kind of lazy and we were having fun so why mess with it? Suzy brought the afore-mentioned penis cake, which made an appearance in some very funny pictures. Excellent job on the cake, btw.

We called Sabina around 11pm, she was expecting our call so she wasn't mad. We yelled congratulations and made sure she could hear how much fun we were having. Near the end of the evening I commented on how there was no proof that I was there, since I was taking all the pictures, so I handed Jenn the camera... after she'd had 10 drinks. When you look at the pictures, you can definitely see where the sober shots end and the drunk shots begin :P

It was great to sit around with a bunch of girls and have fun, so Jenn and I are proposing a monthly girls night. We need more of that, it was a blast. Don't forget the suggestion of Suwanna.


Bad Times

As is the norm with me, despite the fact that I don't drink, I usually end up with a sympathy hangover or sympathy feeling like crap. Today I kind of felt like crap. Forced myself up at 10am so I could sleep tonight, and just sat up in bed catching up on some stuff I had taped the last week or two.

Around lunchtime my aunt from Halifax called, she was in town and asked me if I wanted to go out to dinner for my grandfather's birthday, since he'll be away during it later this week. So I agreed to meet up with my dad, stepmom, stepsister, aunt, uncle, grandfather and younger brother for supper later. Dinner went well, it was nice to see family. The best part was when my dad asked my grandfather where they should go on Thursday night for dinner, on his actual birthday, when they'll be in Florida. My grandfather's reponse was "Hooters", which was damn funny and I had quite a laugh at that. I wasn't really expecting that coming from him :)

BBQ'd some hot dogs for lunch and cleaned the house up. Stood outside and stared at the mudpit, again wondering how in hell I am going to be able to turn it into a nice-looking yard. I find this a daunting task, in the way of actually getting it done and the money it's going to take to do it. Not to mention the lawn mowing all summer. I've never mowed a lawn in my life, but like a lot of things, I am going to have to learn. I am just NOT looking forward to it AT ALL. That part of owning a home is not fun for me. I am going to pretend I don't have to deal with it for at least another couple of weeks.

Then came the really shitty part of my day. I decided to delve into my younger brother's taxes. I prepare his return for him every year. Last year I did him a favour and paid his balance owing, and he is paying me back over time. According to the letter sent to him in December, which he had never opened, they never received that payment. I was pretty f***ing pissed. I don't know where the money went, but it left my bank account, and didn't make its way to my brother's statement. In the meantime they've been taking his GST credit and applying it against the balance that I've already paid, ARRRRGGGHHH! If he had opened these letters instead of shoving them in a box, I would have been able to straighten this out last year sometime. Instead, now I have to try and straighten it out during the final week of tax season. There is no worse time to do this. That is what I'll have to try and sort out this week.

I then proceeded to prepare his return for this year. It appears his two jobs last year both thought they were his only job, and thus did not deduct enough tax, resulting in him owing almost 3 times as much as last year. He even approached the payroll department at one of those jobs and asked them to correct the amount of tax taken out so he wouldn't end up owing again... a lot of good that did. I have absolutely no idea how to tell my brother he owes again. So I've been pretty down today considering the fact that I have to be the bearer of bad news in this department. I decided not to tell him tonight at dinner, but I'll have to tell him tomorrow. Oh joy.