October 7, 2013
Quickbooks is a misnomer.
Especially when I have not been working with that particular program for over
twenty four months. It is a good thing I have patient clients and a lot of time
to sort out the Quarterly tax forms, shift through two years of files from the
landscaping business to pack away for another three years, generate invoicing,
creating payroll checks, receiving payments, shuffling receipts to include in
the petty cash box and pick my nose a lot in between functions. I am actually
astounded at what I recall easily and what I have to pull out of the dredges of
the webbed cellar in order to do my job expediently. It is another language and
yet another silly hat I wear in life. Cleaning up other people’s business is
not always easy yet certainly more appealing than messing with my own, for the
time being.
The conversation drifted
to my going back to college to complete my degree last night. An ebb and flow
of discussing where to live (with my pop?) how to continue paying expenses and
finishing a process I began over 35 years ago. Daunting yet perhaps unavoidable
at this stage of the game. I escaped the University of Minnesota in my Junior year, with few credits remaining, due
to lack of funds and a lot of fear about borrowing money from the bank. There
are numerous facilities to create my own curriculum and the ability to utilize
my life experiences to adjust the number of credits I will need to complete a
degree. The last time I met with the Dean of Students at a small college in
Minneapolis, I was expected to take a full load for two years, be accountable
for over $35,000 and I departed wondering when I would have the time to work as
well, paying my bills. Believe it is time to consider the option again with a
bit more emphasis on alternative academic programs. First things first, I will need
a sensible backpack and groovy lunchbox.
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