Day 34

Day 34: Face the inevitable
Friday April 1 2011

Today I decided to take half a day off.  A Friday, first of the month, sounds like relaxation. In actuality, I needed to take the day off for my taxes.  Grant it, was not a luxury.  I was doing this b/c I actually procrastinate with my taxes.  But I tried to make the best out of it. I dressed up in a black fitted dress, carried my laptop in my coach purse, and lounged in the coffee area in Borders Books, drinking carmel lattes...As I did my taxes.   I tried to conquer my demon in the most seductive way possible.  Maybe it eased the pain of a 5 hour battle.  I left angry and sad of the results of this laborious work, but I did feel accomplished.  I did this on my own: one federal and two state taxes.

As a tourist, maybe there is one thing  you are not looking forward to...the airport check in process, standing in line to an infamous exhibit, attempting to speak a new learned language with natives, trying to navigate the metro system.  Maybe the inevitable is leaving and going back home.    Or checking our credit card statements upon return. We must face it.  How can you ease the pain as you tear off the bandaid?  We cannot change the inevitable but we can sweeten it, maybe with a latte.