Nothing New Here - May I RANT?

Just forewarned...if you don't want to hear? I give you permission to leave now, and I'll be happy to see you another day.

I HATE JANUARY!

I hate being exhausted from the holidays, I hate the dull dreary gray and chill weather. But most of all?

I HATE W-2s!!!!!

And unlike most organization's bookkeeping staff, I have two companies to be responsible for.

Now, most of you who have an inkling of what is involved here, probably think, "What's her beef? She's got software that does the bulk of it."

Um. Yeah.
NOT.
It has to be verified and double-checked. And then? There's the blasted "Third Party Payments."

For the uninformed? In my case that means Short-term disability payments.

You know, it's not even that it's all that complex to understand. It's that no matter what I do to the software, it doesn't seem to recognize that 1) I did not really pay this to an employee, but I AM responsible for paying the employer taxes related to it. The "fixes" to get this into the system confound me. (Intellectually, I understand it, but from a machine standpoint, nada - I just can't "think" the way the software does, apparently) and 2) the IRS instructions regarding this type of "payment" are equally confounding. No less confusing than trying to find your way around Montreal with a Mexico City map. (And I usually can READ the IRS verbage without trouble...)

Ok. No one enjoys reading about the IRS. (Least of all, ME!)

So...I guess it's obvious that I have a lot on my plate. Oh. And just a pesky aside, can you imagine doing all this with a malfunctioning printer? Hopefully help is on the way there, at least...

And don't EVEN get me started on Koolhaas! Yes, I'm now convinced that the yarn is jinxed. Either that or I'm totally incapable of understanding a simple chart. Yeah. I've knit lace, so it's the yarn.

*End of rant*

Come back later in the week. I'll have pretty pictures of Knitpicks needles, and some yarn that hopefully will be more forgiving of my stress levels...Maybe another Grace or two...ok. Maybe not that till the weekend. (But surely a Meezer shot!)

(And ... if you've gotten this far? Thanks for listening!)