Audit Season 08

Well - it's practically here and passed, but audit season is full swing. I actually feel very prepared for the audit this year. So far everything is tying, everything looks to be in place and we are ahead of schedule with preparing stuff. Part of that has to do with a great fiscal year with sound, consistent management and the other part is we pushed the audit back two full weeks which seems to be making all the difference in the world.

The budgets are still a little scary, but they've been entered in FE and they are materially correct for Oct so we are just going to fly with them for this month, then after the audit I can focus on correct the issues that are presenting problems.

Then its off to complete the 990 before Cmas break (whoot whoot - once again I'm taking Friday, December 19th - January 2nd off). After the holidays I can focus on all the backburner tasks that I've pushed off for almost 2 years and get cracking on a better way to manage the books here.

I still don't know if my big idea to merge all the Education departments will prove to be more work with better drill down capacity or just more work. We'll see. If it's a big failure, I have work arounds to get us through the year before we go back to the old way of doing things, if necessary.

School is plugging away. I'm in the last week of my 3rd to last class. Only two more after this. But it's Audit and Taxation. Lame. Looks like I'll be walking with the Washington Campus on June 20th, which is nice because my folks can come up and see it and it won't interfere with our trip to Europe in July.

I start my Becker CPA review on my birthday, so I'll have 2 weeks of doubling up on UOP and CPA review. That's going to be crazy.

Big Dave is in town and that's AWESOME!! I miss him. We are going to the burlesque show tonight. Speaking of, I gotta scram. See ya!

Election Eve

Well here we are - another election. I'm scared. It's funny to me that both parties are ready to take up residence in Canada should their opposite canidate win. I know that I'm terrified that McCain/Palin will win. I'll be getting up early in the morning to go vote, Dane didn't trust the absentee ballot. Anyway - after work tomorrow Dane, Big Dave, and I will be taking part in our most favorite election day tradition which is to have a: DRINKING PARTY!!

~~~~~~~~fade back to 2004~~~~~~~~~

We were living on Lameria Drive. Dane took me to the polls so we could "cancel out each other's votes." Then we got Panera Bread for dinner (I got broccoli cheese soup and a sandwich). We came home to watch the election. We had our shot glasses out for the night. Our Pucker, tequila, vodka, Tequila Rose, and various other alcohols. For every state that Bush won, I had to drink a shot. A small shot of Pucker with a hard (but small) shot every 5th state. For every state Kerry won, Dane had to do a shot. Observe:

As you can see, the Red took over our great country like a plague. Dane had only 19 states to my 31!!! I made it to 20 states, which is yes - 20 shots. Including a tall shot of tequila when Colorado turned red. I still remember the state that did me in. The 20th state. Montana. I took my shot for Montana - a shot of straight vodka - and immediately vomitted into my Panera Bread bag. I said "EFF YOUR SH*TTY PRESIDENT!!! He won. I'm going to bed." And sure enough, Bush won.

~~~~~~~~flash back to current day~~~~~~~~~~~

Well this year Dane will not be voting Republican. He and I are on united fronts and will be voting for Obama this year. So for every state that McCain gets, Dane and I will be doing a shot together. A shot of jungle juice so no doubt we'll be pretty sh*tty pretty quick. Even if Obama wins, there sure are a lot of Red states.

My laptop is suddenly going to die, so I best be gone. I'll post an update tomorrow as the drinking, I mean election party progresses.