Tax Clients

I met with three or four clients today. Meeting four clients and one interview (John at 10AM, Cynthia at 11AM, interview at 12PM, Joe at 2PM and Laura at 4PM.

Met my corporate client Corey today, Brian (married filing jointly), Robin (collected two years' worth of taxes). Not bad! Meeting Robin on Thursday to give her her completed taxes.

Wednesday I am meeting Adam, my longest client maybe at 4 years! Corporate taxes! Meeting David M to do his business taxes (collecting his stuff)

Friday morning meeting Linda G, Jessica P's referral in Astoria a block away at Dunkin Donuts at Steinway and Astoria Blvd. Have to send her a referral check after I do her taxes.

I might visit my parents on Sunday to have Paddy play with Ollie. Thursday going to see Macbeth with Emma. Friday seeing L'Elisir D'Amore with Josh. Saturday night having dinner with Augusto at Jebon Sushi for Opentable coupon $20 for $40 worth of food.

Bad timing with Brandon

See I was free after 4PM today and Brandon didn't contact me. He will contact me on the nights when I'm busy. LOL.

I have two meetups tmw. One pug meetup *(which is why I joined meetup in the first place). Church at 7:45AM tmw. I will also do a Real Madrid-Levante meetup at 3:30pm. I had a tentative corp tax meeting in Westchester but that will be rescheduled to a future date.

No plans after 5:30pm maybe Brandon will call me tmw night.

Then Monday 1PM client, 5:15PM dental appt, my last appt unless I get more cavities or root canals. Knock on wood, no!

Tuesday, 3 appts. 12PM, 1PM, Meetup with NY Ethnic Group for Valentine's Day, Vietnamese restaurant in Chinatown, that seems fun, 30 people signed up

Thursday 1 off-site appt on 93rd and Broadway Starbucks

These tax appts I am booking are mostly last year's clients. Not so bad. But I want new clients like the S Corp in Westchester. Here's hoping I get more new business in the coming weeks.

I will see Josh for dinner at Ah! Chihuahuas in Midtown East this Friday at 7PM (near my old apt on 51st and 1st). It's on 3rd and 53rd. That's a groupon deal, not so bad!

Then Saturday at 8PM at the Met Opera House in Lincoln Center I have an opera Ernani with Emma. Balcony box seats, $47.50. Not so bad.

No plans on Sunday although that can change. I wanna see that movie This Means War. Maybe I will see that or Safe House with my bro.

Update

So sorry I haven't posted sooner. Not much to report. Went on an interview on Tuesday and got rejected. Didn't really want the job as it requires lots of overtime all year long. I just want to work 40-50 hrs, not 60-65 hours. No Saturdays for me!

Anyways Brandon has been busy and I haven't heard from him since Halloween. Not that I want or crave sex anymore. Also he's too young for me and Jewish for me anyways. Just have to keep reminding myself.

I came to the Starbucks to see if I can download iTunes but it is not working so I will wait to next Wednesday when I go home to my parents and can leave it on all day long to load up.

I have been going to the gym a lot these days. Planet Fitness is open 24 hours from Monday to Friday. I still have insomnia so I've been going to Duane Reade and buying stuff. Not good for my wallet.

There is this one audit project that I'm not doing so well and I may have to turn down if I don't get the workpapers to see what the previous auditor did. But that's potentially $820 (two audit projects) and I can sure use the money this holiday season.

I have been attending a lot of spin classes and yoga and Pilates classes at Equinox. Finally making the most of my $178 membership fee. I even ran 1.5 miles yesterday but I think I will lay off the gym for the next few days as it hurts to walk down stairs. I still prefer Robert Pennino's spin classes the most. Followed by Damien and Constance. I don't like Jeff Martin who sings along to the songs and Jason who talks about the news and politics. Don't need to hear that.

I am going to catch the Q101 bus to go home and then go to the soccer game at Mr Dennehy's Real Madrid versus Valencia. #1 vs #3. Should be a good match.

Then tonight I am going to go see an opera, Rodelinda. It is from 8 to 11:50. Tomorrow I might do a spin class if I am not sore or skip it. Church depending on whether or not I take that class and then going to knit a scarf if it kills me. The blue one for my mom. And then a white one for Augusto. Need to go to Staples to photocopy the pattern so I can bring it along with me.

I figured my budget out and since Steve owes me some money and I'm getting unemployment I think I can survive to Sept 2013 doing my own tax business. Not so bad.

Update in March, BUSY tax season

Has it been almost two months since I posted an update? Bad me!

So tax season is getting busy. Have at least 5-7 returns left to prepare. Meeting 2 clients per day from tmrw (Thursday) to Saturday then one client on Sunday and one client on Tuesday.

But I am still going out. I am going to dinner and an opera featuring Natalie Dessay! Yup Lucia di Lammermoor. I thought it would be different actors but Dessay will be there! That's my favorite opera of all time, when she goes mad. That's the truth.. Then my grade school friends will be at the R Bar, not sure if I'll go down there after the opera ends at 11:40pm. We shall see!

I emailed Davey abt a 4-day trip to MD on March 17 to March 20. But maybe I'll get clients then and not be able to take the time off. We shall see!

Now been following the Knicks since last Wednesday when they got Carmelo Anthony and Billups. They won tonight, going 3-2 since the trade. I will try to get Knicks tickets in the coming weeks.

Opera Subscription

This is the opera subscription I am planning on getting for the upcoming opera season. Feel free to email me if you want to reserve any opera. I will let you know what seats I decide upon when I buy the series.

No one dies in La Clemenza di Tito

Went to see Peter Grimes with Chiemi, very good for $20 seats