October 15th, Tax Deadline

I am glad it’s over. Actually, today was not a busy day after all. I had a few semi-exciting moments and that was it. No surprises. Nobody ran into my office. Nobody flew in to see me. So I started to miss the tax season stress! Afterwards, I went out to eat at Sushi Ken with my daughter and we went to JoAnne’s fabric store to search for fabric for her new condo. I almost forgot where JoAnne was, as I have not stepped foot in the store since our children were involved in local theatre productions. It was fun for a change. Another tax season is finally over and the holiday season is near: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. Then another tax season starts all over again…

A SCORPION IN BROOKLYN?

I am sorry about the title, Kay, but I could not resist it....

OK. So, the story. I was in Brooklyn, NY last month to attend my niece Kay's wedding. While I was unpacking my suitcase in my hotel room, I saw a light brown creature crawling around on the floor just a foot away from me. I instantly screamed, "Scorpion!" My sister stretched her neck my way and said, calmly, no.... So I thought I was just paranoid and saw a scorpion on some lame insect. I stepped on it just in case... Then, a few hours later, it dawned on me as I went about meeting my daughter in Manhattan. It was a scropion. It must've been a scorpion. What else could it be? My sister had never seen a scorpion in her life. I was stung by a scorpion twice and literally had to be carreid by my daughter to urgent care! I am an expert. But then, why was it there? A scorpion in Brooklyn? How is that possible? It can't be! After a few moments of coufusion, I concluded that the littel insect must have accompanied me in my bag from Phoenix to Philadelphia to my sister's place in Merion, PA to NYC to Brooklyn, completely undetected! Amazing. I realized how extremely lucky I was this time that the scorpion left me alone while I was pushing the books in and out of the bag, folding and unfolding to fit it in my other carryon bag, sticking my hands in to get tissues and the pens, and much more! That night I went back to my hotel room, picked up the dead scorpion and put it in a Ziplock bag. This was to bring the victim back to the original soil for a proper burial. :-) Well, it's still sitting on my bathroom counter in Phoenix and I am still staring at it with amazement....

By the way, the wedding was beautiful and touching! I was a very happy anunt. Congratulations, Kay and Dean!!!