Death and Taxes

I might not get this posted until after midnight, but it is 10:47 PM as I'm writing and I assure you that I have not gone to bed yet if it is after midnight.

Last night I read a book all night. Sometimes I do that. It's not even that the book is all that good, it's just a sort of rebellious streak that I have maintained from junior high. Even if my mother isn't around to hiss at me to go to bed, I just feel plain naughty when I stay up late reading. However, doing that does make me pretty dumb the next day. It could be worse, I could be hungover. Instead I'm just beyond tired. I have the dumbs.

So, perfect day to finally do taxes right? I whipped up a 1040EZ in about 20 minutes and I will be getting some money back, but not very much. I think there are stimulus checks this year too. They always seem silly to me. It's one thing to get a refund for the money that you paid in erroneously, but when you are exempt from paying income tax (due to a very low wage), and the government gives you back all of the money you paid in, plus an earned income credit beyond what you paid in, it seems a little odd to be getting more money besides. Really, I am making $500 off of the government this year. Just for filling out a 20 minute worksheet. Huhn. Nice work if you can get it. (Of course I don't feel too bad, you really have to be abysmally poor to make any money off of the government by income taxes. And $500 barely helps in that case. Every year when I do my income taxes I am amazed that I somehow managed to eat.)