Laugh of the Day

[kcjenkins]

[Tax Prep by Deb]

Love it!

I feel like I'm drowning in a sea or paperwork!

Deb!

(Quick, someone throw me a life vest)!

[rfassett]

I felt that way this morning. Had the workpapers for four partnerships and three partners (not all partners are in all of the partnerships and none with common percentage of ownership) spread out on my desk (and any flat surface within a reasonable distance) trying to make sense of it all and trying to make sure each piece is where it belonged and trying to not miss anything. And everytime I get in that situation I am reminded of a conversation I had with an employee a few years back when the employee was faced with a pile of tax workpapers and asked how he would ever get through all of that. In one of my more profound moments I said, "one paper at a time". That philosophy has a way of calming that sea of papers.

[Lion EA]

I'm spending the morning redistributing my sea that's collected since Wednesday with things I'm working on, people dropping off, people paying, little pieces of paper with phone messages and notes, and me being out of the office until 10 p.m. Wednesday night and most of yesterday while things continued to arrive via my mail slot, mail, email, fax, and voice mail. Have to stop to change a light bulb that burned out a couple of days ago and do some laundry, but am determined to end up with folders and stacks so I can find everything before this afternoon is over. Oh, and have a huge return that I reprinted to feed to the shredder.