The Cheesecake is Rich

So, I think I now understand why most people don’t stay a week in Las Vegas: After about 4 days, their feet fall off. (I take that back: I am pretty sure my mom could do all the walking I have done today and then go run a mini marathon. As you know, my mother [...]

A real discussion I had at work with D and Stefania: Stefania: Don’t talk to any strange people in Las Vegas! Me: But what if Robert Redford shows up and offers Gene $1 million for a night with me? D: I cannot believe how quickly that came out of your mouth. Something crazy that happened [...]

So, even though both the door and the book have been closed on Plan B, I still have Hope. Hope is a total biiiitch and I truly hate her. Why, just today she woke me up at 5 AM whispering “Hey, you’re late [yanno, late] and you do still have all those Clearblue Easy digitals [...]

(OK, fine, back to W-2s) Directly (!!!) from the Internal Revenue Service’s website: Why report tips to your employer? You must report tips to your employer so that: Your employer can withhold federal income tax and social security and Medicare taxes or railroad retirement tax (Right there! HA! In yo’ face, Tax Professional Ol’ Biddy!)

(I warned you) Background: on a W-2 form, for some reason, tips and wages are separated out for Social Security (i.e., if your taxable wages were $5000 for the year, there will be a box that says that your Social Security wages were $1000 and Social Security tips were $4000). So, I got a call [...]

So, it appears that All, Downy and Purex are serious when they say “UNSCENTED FORMULA.” I know this because I just did laundry (yes, in Columbus) using Purex’s 3 in 1 laundry sheets and whooo, this “Oasis Fresh Scent” crap is totally cloying. I never realized how much the smell of detergent and fabric softener [...]

Soooo… blood draw was on Wednesday at 8:30 AM. I still haven’t heard anything. I’m not nervous, just excited to hear something. If this is the month to start Lupron and other injectables, I’d like a little time to weigh my pharmacy options and find the lowest cost provider. In the meantime, here are some [...]

seems to officially be on the road. Went to LabCorp today for my first IVF related bloodwork. Hopefully I’ll hear about the results early next week and Dr. K will give me an official game plan. I did not know this until recently, but it appears that IVF is generally a two month endeavor. Here [...]

wants me to post more. Can I convince her that this is a bad plan? Let’s find out. (I can’t wait to go to Indiana again – this time next month I’ll be there!! Yay!) So I was driving to Blockbuster and talking to Mom about the no cable television thing and I point out [...]

So, I am sitting here reading emails and the word “Antithesis” is in one of them. Why do we pronounce thesis “theeeesus” but antithesis is this jumble of syllables “antithusus”? Seriously. Say “antithesis”. Doesn’t it feel like it’s the word that never ends (yes it goes on and on my friends, some people started saying [...]