Tax Blues

So I was working on my taxes all weekend, and being a self-employed singer, I actually have pretty complicated taxes with various deductions and mileage and things that need to be calculated. I could have been keeping a record of all these things daily, and I do actually keep pretty good daily records, but of course, I was waiting until the last minute to cobble everything together so I can enter it all into TurboTax.

I should have done all this in January when I was thinking, "Gee, maybe I should do my taxes now so I can get them out of the way." But did I? No, instead, I wait until right before EASTER, one of the busiest times of the year, to try to get everything done.

Still, I thought, it'll only take a few hours of intense work. Not too bad, right? I can do it.

Not bad thinking, except that the little hamster inside my computer decided that now was the time to give up the ghost. I was greeted on Monday morning by the blue screen of death, and although Ray has worked on it for two days, all I can do on my computer now is check my email and post this little blog. I tried doing three tasks at once about five minutes ago, and Windows told me there was a runtime error, so I quickly closed the third window and am frantically typing this so that I can get it sent off before my computer dies again.

In the meantime, I think I need to get an extension from the IRS, because I'm sure I won't get my taxes done in time. Argh.