Numbers + My Brain = Wait, what was the question?

There are many things a person learns in their life that they just don't forget - drinking from a big kid cup, reading, riding a bike, adding and subtracting, tying shoes, dialing a telephone, operating a car, reading a map, etc. The common denominator is that these are things you usually have to do on a daily basis.

So I am convincing myself that because taxes are done just once a year, it is perfectly normal that each IRS-dominated season, I must be re-educated on the ways of W-2's, 1099's, K-1's, Capital Gains, and...ok, that's all I know. There is no better way to make me feel like an idiot than a simple visit to my accountant's office. Study the night before as I may, this stuff just doesn't stick. And the worst thing about it is that I NEED to understand it. It's one of those life lessons you really shouldn't forget.

I did, indeed, just return from my accountant's office. I dutifully gave him the papers I gathered over the year in my oh-so-professional "Taxes" file, then quietly prayed there would be no questions. When pressed for discussion, I gave it my best shot, then quickly turned to Tyler with a look of "Agree with me! Pretend I know what I'm talking about!"

We laughed about our "fake intelligence" on the way home - do we really think our accountant fell for it? Well, here's to hoping.

Now - I have some tax-education-forgetting to do.