Happy Tax Day!

I wanted to pop in and say happy deadline day. Perhaps you guys aren’t quite as thrilled about this day as I am. Regardless of whether you celebrate it (with a refund!) or not (with a payment!), the day is here! For me this day has a New Year’s Day vibe to it. My mind is swirling with the possibility of things to come. I will finally have a little bit of free time to tackle things that I don’t have capacity to manage during the season … things like pilates! and blogging! and sleeping!

This was my 15th tax season as a human (14th if we don’t count last year when I was out on maternity leave (and definitely not feeling like a human!)), but my 1st tax season as a mother. The whole working mother gig is no joke. I had no idea how challenging it would be until I experienced it for myself. I feel like I owe all of my working mom friends an apology (or perhaps a congratulations!). I had no idea how tough it is and how tough you are. If you are out there doing the things … running the miles, working the jobs, momming the children … I see you and you are AMAZING!

While I haven’t posted about it, I’ve been running! I know you are SHOCKED! Ha. I haven’t raced since the half marathon I ran in January. I had plans to do another half in February, but that didn’t work out. I honestly don’t even remember exactly what happened (there was sickness involved (gotta love the daycare crud)), but it just didn’t make sense at the time. Eventually I will learn not to try to plan my life more than 24 hours in advance. For whatever reason racing also just doesn’t quite have the allure that it used to. I still thoroughly enjoy the training, but I’m being super selective with racing these days. I don’t even know what I am training for exactly at this point. Maybe a short race over the summer?! Only time will tell.