Taxes

I filed and mailed my taxes today. Yay! Aside from three addition errors, I had all the numbers and equations in the right places. Maybe I'll take up being a CPA as a second job.

I also bought a beard trimmer. It worked so nicely! I don't know how I got by so long without one! I figure I'll be spending a lot of time with officers soon. I may as well work on keeping my appearance in good condition.

J got the town home she was interested in. I cannot pass judgment as to whether I like it or not because the pictures online are only of the front yard and front rooms which account for only a third of the house. The pictures I have seen are exactly as a little stretch of European suburbia looks like. I'll get a picture on here of it as soon as I can. I'm very much looking forward to the fenced back yard for Etsy to romp in!

J got an iPhone today so she can call people. It's on an international plan with no added cost to stateside calls. Texting might cost extra. It's on a T- mobile sister company, so there may be some stateside equivalence.

We found that our Garmin won't work in Germany without an additional download, which we may entertain. It would be cheaper than buying another Garmin from what we can tell. J was flat out told by her boss that she needs to get a car ASAP, so she's currently tossing the differences between leasing and buying. We need to be careful about finances until Monday, when her next paycheck comes in. She spent a good sum of money for simply getting to Germany from Indiana. That and the debt from the short sale will make things interesting for the next day or two. The financial support from the army is more than sufficient, it's just a matter of timing and notifying the right people.

I had dinner with J's brother T tonight and learned we have a surprising amount in common: taste in movies, interests in science, preferences in food, have significant others (wife in my case) very much out of town for a good stretch expecting career changes in the horizon... It was wonderful food and conversation. Hopefully, we can do it again before I leave.

The dogs were a little out of sorts because of an hour-long thunderstorm that swept through, but outside of that, things were under control. I also saw my first indiana bluebird this afternoon.