Well, I would like to write more than I do but lately I have been learning to prepare taxes for low income seniors. Two weeks of intense training and each day my brain has been fried. Who knew the government could make such a confusing system! Actually it is not so bad, it is just learning about all of these different financial institutions and how the state differs from the Feds. Oye!
It has been fun to be out of the house and to be challenged mentally again. I haven't had this since college! I have learned several things in my tax-aide adventure.
1) I need to slow down. I have been in a class with seniors, led by seniors. Let's just say that it is very relaxed and slow paced. I want to get stuff done usually, but I have been enjoying just having a slower paced class.
2) I cannot imagine being a working mother. I have been blessed to stay home with my children. I have to be reminded of this often though! It was good to get a taste of what it would be like to even work part time with my kids. My sister-in-law, Rebekah, came and stayed and watched my kids for me (such a blessing) but I felt like I didn't know what was going on with them. Why were they cranky? Did they not eat enough for lunch? Did they not take a long enough nap? I felt so out of synch with them. You really don't realize how much you miss of your kids lives if you work. It was good to be reminded (as many times I wish that I could just get away!). I guess the grass really ISN'T greener on the other side.
3) Senior centers are cool and I am totally hanging out there when I am old.
Ok, gotta get back to the babes. Naptime is almost over :(
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