GRRR!!! I MISSED IT!!!!!!!

What a way to wake up!! This morning, my cell phone went off and Robin was telling me about an earthquake and asking if I'd felt it. I hadn't, but, I didn't think too much about it. Having lived in California for ten years, I was used to feeling an earthquake in one place and it not being felt 20 to 30 miles away. I also wouldn't expect our fault line, the New Madrid, to issue a minor shake. It's a different type of fault than the ones out west. When it goes, it is supposed to really snap.

Needless to say, I get to my computer and see status messages from friends in Bloomington talking about the earthquake. Turns out we had a 5.4!! It was felt all the way across the midwest except by yours truly. Don't get me wrong. I don't want a devastating earthquake. I do miss the occasional rock and roll though. That's exactly what this was. I don't know if I missed it because I was tired and in bed or if it's beause I'm on the second floor of an apartment building. That makes two quakes since I've been in Indiana that I've missed now. The first one was quite a few years ago in Richmond, IN. We had gone out to eat at a local drive in (the real kind with car hops) and there was one in our neighborhood. Now, I've missed this one that is all over the headlines. I just had a popup news alert about it while writing this. Hopefully, I won't miss the next one.

In other news, tax season is over again. I'm glad to have some extra free time, but, I always miss doing returns. I'm addicted to that job. LOL!! I'll take more classes this summer and be back doing them in 2009. This year was my most successful year to date as far as number of clients and income is concerned. My office exceeded both our return goal and our new client goal so our district manager treated us to a pizza lunch at the office on the 14th. This Wednesday, most of us will be getting together at a local restaurant (The Trojan Horse) to celebrate and say goodbye to a new preparer who is moving.

Well, I'll post this for now. I have plans to go see my Dad today since I couldn't get over there yesterday for my birthday. Catch you all later.