I went with my Mom today to get our taxes filed (hope I'm using the correct terms there) and it turned out to be fairly educational. For instance, next year we can deduct my textbook costs. If we'd known we could do that I would have saved the receipts for this year's books, but we didn't. Damn. Just have to make sure we remember that next year.
I also found out two very helpful things: First, that I only owe the Feds 89 bucks (I was worried it would be hundreds), and second, that the W-4 form I've been waiting on at work is available online, so I went to the IRS website and got a copy in about a minute. Apparently there's been some tie up with people being on vacation so I hadn't been able to get it from work, but luckily the Feds have moved into the information age.
And speaking of Evil Corporate Overlords, we had to go to a mandatory meeting at The Plant about what chemicals not to touch, what to do if we're splashed in the eyes (the answer is call 911 -- though whether we'd be able to see the phone is another question) how to deal with broken stuff, don't stick your hand in the track without stopping it so your hand doesn't get ripped off, etc. I already knew this stuff, but since they got busted a while ago for not following regulations we had to do it. It went by fairly fast, and I got a little bit of clock time in.
Between The Plant's meeting and getting out of the tax thing I went to the Mercantile and found a bumper sticker I'd been looking for:
What if the hokey pokey is what it's all about?
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