Taxes and That Southern Slang

Whoa baby, whoa baby!

It's been a crazy 2 days here in my life!  Mostly, TAXES!  This is the first year I've ever tried doing my own taxes (thank goodness for mommas!) and gosh dang if it isn't the hardest thing ever!  Even the step-by-step e-file TurboTax thing is confusing!  I can't wait til I'm rich so I can just pay someone to do this stuff for me! haha

The federal part isn't tooooo bad...but if you're like me and you lived in 3 states in one year (and worked in all of them), it becomes a bit of a pain in the tookus! (That's booty for those who don't know my awesome southern slang!)  Luckily, I called my wonderful mom and started asking way too many tax-y type questions and she says "just send it over and we'll see if we can get that part done for you."  AWESOME!  SUCCESS!  Now it shall all be worked out! ;)

Speaking of my southern terminology, I've been told many times lately by my friends here in Cali that I talk weird (yes, I know I have an accent, but this is not what they mean).  So, either I just make up tons of words for fun, or I learned some things a little different than the rest of the US.  Here are some examples:

• Parking deck:  apparently people call these parking garages.  In any case, this is where you park your car like at a mall or something and there are multiple levels.
• Shanking:  other people call this 'pantsing.'  How dumb does pantsing sound??!!!  Clearly, you shank someone by pulling their pants down in public when they least expect it.
• 'Putting up the dishes':  My friends here say 'put the dishes away.'  Also...dumb!  haha  I'm going to blame this on being short because I have to put dishes above me, so I say I put them 'up!'  Totally makes sense to me!!

I can't think of any more right now, but trust me, there's practically something new every week, so I'll keep you posted!

I think I'll stop for the day and if I think of more stuff later, I'll just create a new post!  YAY!!!

Have a good evening! :)