Why do today what can be put off until tomorrow or the next day or the next!

This post will not be about making a midnight run to the post office on April 15th (which is a Sunday so your taxes don’t have to be post marked until April 16th @ midnight) nor will it be about making sure you file all of your W-2’s with your tax forms. No…ladies and gents this post will be about how happy I will be once April 15 (or in the case of this year the 16th) is here and gone.

You see…I work for a small office. Everyone within the office is pretty much self-employed except me….which I could be and they have approached me about it…but at this time.....NO.THANK.YOU! My boss is what most people would relate to as the CFO of the company…pretty much all things financial are in his realm of control. However during this time of the year he is busy….REALLY BUSY…..and not because he has to be….NO…because he chooses to be…you see he does all the tax returns for everyone in the office, their family and friends and such. In reality it adds up to about 25 total tax returns….but my wonderful boss…and yes I do like him and love working for him….is what we in the real world call a procrastinator….yes…he does not get in a hurry to do anything until it is due…which means that my life will be a living hell for the next 10 days…why….because he has waited until the week before the taxes are do to start on them.

Now I really don’t mind because my job is simple….get the returns as they are done…file away our copy, coordinate signatures…and post mark the damn envelope…all of this is fairly simple….where my life starts to get complex is when my boss starts working nights….NOT because I have to work nights….but because he starts to get cranky….add to this the fact that we have about 10 million (well probably more like 7 really) projects that are also coming due around April 20th….OMG…his OCD (yes he is a procrastinator with OCD…go figure) has kicked into overdrive and I must have been asked 15 times today if I made a copy of this or made that journal entry or if I turned the key in the lock on the door 7 times (no I turned it 8…OMG….the world ends).

Now I am a pretty organized person when it comes to my office at work. I like order on my desk and I don’t do clutter well….my home is a different matter, but my desk at work is ALWAYS CLEAN! So here is my issue….as the OCD and procrastination has finally come to a head where it needs to be dealt with or someone is going to die my office explodes into a tornado whirl wind of paper and staples…yes…ladies and gents my boss also has an affection for used staples…and I find them everywhere….on my desk, on my floor…in my files….at one point he thought it would be funny to put them in my coin purse in my purse…I kid you not…Needless to say I hate my office right now and I don’t think I can honesly take one more piece of crap in my office without losing my mind….and honestly…it wouldn’t take much to push me over the edge on a normal day…so add this stress and WHAM-O I’m a crazy lady (note to self…..call doctor to get more happy pills)

The point of this post…..I don’t have one….I just needed something to write about today…

Thanks!