Taxes...done!

I always intend to do my taxes early. In fact, I signed them and put them in the mail April 15th this year. I probably could have gotten a better return if I itemized, but gathering all those receipts wasn't happening. I could have efiled and gotten my return sooner if I remembered last years pin or had the amount I made handy. So, I'm doing it the old fashioned way via mail at the last minute. Yipee!

Not Age Appropriate

I work with mentally retarded adults. We are encouraged to find them age appropriate activities. However, many of them stopped their mental progress at a certain age. One of the men I work with is still a kid. He wears Mickey Mouse ears to work because he wants to be like Jimmie Dodd of the Mouseketeers. He also wears a clip-on tie because Walt Disney, his hero, wears a tie. I humored him today and had him teach me the Mickey Mouse song. "M - I - C, see ya real soon, K - E- Y, why? because we like you! M-O-U-S-E!" It might not have been age appropriate activity for a 50 year old, but he still wants to be a mousketeer.

Criticism doesn't work

I've discovered that online communication does not translate quite the same as in person communication. The atheist is no longer interested in me because I offered him some constructive criticism on his profile. Only after he sent me a nasty email did I reread his profile. After demanding that women email him right away and offering all these reasons they needed to did he mention he was just kidding. Oh. Like I did at first, most people probably stopped reading after "Girls! Why don't you email me?" Life is full of lessons and most people learn them the hard way. I know I've made my own mistakes with online communication.

Update on the date

I decided to raise my standards and let men lose interest when they find out I don't smoke, drink and won't sleep with them after a date. However, I've found that this backfires. Not all of them lose interest. Currently an aethist wants to meet me. Although his profile boasts that there is no existance of God, suddenly he wants to learn more. I thought religious differences were a surefire relationship killer.