Nerd Alert!

This is how massive of a nerd I am--I got my W2 on Friday and I accidentally left it at work over the weekend and I actually went back to the office on Saturday to retrieve it. And guess what?? I am done with my taxes this a.m.! I just need my mortgage bank to send in my 1098 and etrade to send my 1099 and then it is off to the feds. Never have I been more excited about filing taxes than this year.  I suspected that I would get some money back but I didn't fully realize the extent to which things will work out in my favor.  Because I have been a conscientious 401k contributor, have managed to hold on to my home and been dutifully paying mortgage interest and property taxes, and diligently recording all tax deductible items, this year I am getting 4x than what I got last year. It's the best motherfuckin news in a long ass time.  With the refund, I might even have money to put into my IRA this year, something I have done in over a decade when I was living rent free in Mom's house.

I'm also going to look into getting some serious repairs on my piano.  I've been putting it off because it cost 3 Gs to get it to the state that I want it to be in but it's looking attainable at long last.  This will be HUGE. The stiff action on my piano has been bothering me for a while and when I had the specialist come out and look at the instrument, we found that the action was about 20-30 grams heavier than it should be, with the lower keys being in the worst shape.  This means I have to press much harder than on a regular piano, and early last year when I was already having wrist problems, I had to stay off the piano for a time because it was getting painful to play.

I am very aware that this post is full of boring ass minutia that is interesting only to myself, but that is what nerds do. They burden everyone around them with endless rants on shit that only they find awesome.  I'm so excited about the tax refund!!!!