The Week Ahead

So tax season is going strong. I am projecting $4760 from current or pending tax clients and projects. Not including the last-minute tax filers in the 17 days before the tax deadline of April 17, 2012!

I will be attending a Japanese meetup dinner tomorrow night. It looks like a nice Japanese restaurant. Here's to hoping it's good!

I have one tax client who was a referral, meeting him in his East Village apartment.

Monday I will go to my second p/t job from 9 to 11:30am then to my first p/t job from 12 to 4. I think I have 3-4 tax appts on Monday from 4:30-6PM! Monday night is the return of Gossup Girl! YAY!

Tuesday will prolly just go to the first p/t job. No plans on Tuesday night.

Wednesday and Friday are my days for tax appts. I have two tentatively scheduled for Wed!

Thursday is the day to go to the first p/t job.

Wednesday night is a Portuguese dinner meetup. Thursday night is a Mexican dinner meetup.

Friday night I will watch Titanic in 3-D with Rebecca (Chiemi's friend).

Next Saturday and Sunday night I have no plans...

Tax season update

I am blogging from my office. 224 West 35th Street, Suite 1208, between 7th and 8th Avenues. Not so bad!

I got a call from Brandon R on Monday at 1:17PM and he wanted to meet I guess then. But I was free at 3PM and he didn't call. And then he calls at 5-ishPM how fucking messed up is that. Didn't hear from him yesterday (which was good because I was busy). Not busy tonight.

I wanted to take the day off so I rescheduled Adam to tmw and then Patrick, a client from last year, emailed me and so I am in the office today. 4PM appt. Shd be done by 4:40-ish. Not so bad.

Might make 1050-1350 this week! Not so bad! And it's not even March yet! YAY GO TAX SEASON GO ME!

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.

Giants win Super Bowl

YAY GIANTS ARE SUPER BOWL 46 CHAMPS! ELI DID IT AGAIN AND IS ELITE.

The Patriots lost. The final score 21-17.

Brandon was in Boston. Not sure if he is a Patriots fan or what but he did say he was in a Giants celebration in Boston. Not sure if he's there for work or if I'll ever hook up with him or ever get into a relationship. He's too young, too young. Keep repeating that!

LOL

Need to get more clients

So we are back in the swing of the new year 2012. I got paid on my $410 project and my $250 project. Not so bad to usher in the new year!

Still miss Brandon R! He didn't check into anything today. Hope he is okay. Hope I haven't heard the end of him

2011 in Review; 2012 Ahead

Happy New Year!

2011 was a tough year. I lost my job at Morgane Le Faye in January. Made abt 8 months worth of income during tax season 2011 and had around 100 clients. Then started at Chapman Consulting end of May only to lose that job in October. At least I have unemployment for 46 weeks, not bad!

Then I had my second root canal, first root canal in 2011 (first one I had back in 2007). That cost $600 even with dental insurance. Then I got a second root canal in 2011 in December this time costing $1100. In addition to 6 cavities for $175. Not a good dental year.

Then I ended a 15 month relationship that wasn't going anywhere with a guy I was only lukewarm in a state several states away! Yup Davey was totally pointless and akin to being single. What a waste of time and effort!

Then Brandon who finally got the guts to meet me, but that went nowhere either. I do like checking his twitter updates, always a hoot to see him checking into everything. He stopped announcing his whereabouts in recent days, but it's still superfluous!

So decided not to go out with anyone ever again and being single with a dog. Yup that's my takeaway from 2011.

I will try to get to 150-160 clients this year and make enough for 10 months. that along with my unemployment income will set me up until Sept 2013.. And I will try to get to 200 clients for 2013 and be able to survive for the whole 12 months. That's my game plan. No vacations but no 8:30-5:30pm full-time job.

So will move to a new office 419 Lafayette, 2nd Floor February 15 to May 18. Will get new business cards soon.

Bought balcony tickets for Hansel and Gretel Tues Jan 3 at 7:30PM and having dinner at Luce at 5:45PM.

Bought family circle front seats for The Enchanted Island for Sat Jan 28 for 8PM and having dinner at Il Violino at 6PM.

Will get tickets with Emma for Tosca for Jan 21 at 8PM.

Public brunch at Jan 7 Sat at 11AM

Bann lunch at Jan 28 Sat at 12PM

I twisted my ankle slightly last week. Taking 10 days off from running. Will return to spin with Constance Marie Cohen at 9AM at 92nd and Broadway. Then will do some strength training upper for 45 minutes then going to Zabar's to get a pie tin so I can bake a blueberry pie. Also a pastry cutter, cheese grater, and muffin pan.

My 2012 goals:

fitness goals:

-lose 10 lbs from 105 to 95

-Get super cut with Barry's Bootcamp workouts and Whipped/Brazilian/30/60/90 classes

-yoga/Pilates each 3 times a week

work goals:

-grow from 100 to 150-160 individual clients; 6 businesses to 15 businesses

cooking goals:

-bake new pie/cake/cookies/muffins/bread each week

-cook one to two new dishes each week

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.