Spring & Income Tax

It is spring here. The water is running all over the place. In some places they have way too much and it is causing havoc with the roadways. The last two days have been cloudy and a bit rainy, but when the sun does come out now, it is really going to turn green. I live in a part of the world where we see definite changes in seasons. Now the dead grass from autumn and winter will turn to a new, fresh green and the flowers will start to bloom. We already have the pussy willows out and in the garden in front of the house the siberian squill ( a little purple flower) is blooming. Many of the earliest of songbirds that migrate are coming back and pretty soon the frogs will thaw out from their muddy winter homes and begin their endless chorus in the pond out back. It is lovely.
Now that being said, how wonderful the world is, the downside to spring is the fact that income taxes have to be figured out and sent in to the the tax centre before the end of April. For years I used to always forget that the deadline was April 30, I would think that I had to have it done by the end of March, so I would struggle through my forms and papers (or rush them in to the accountant) and get them done just in the nick of time before the end of March - only to realize that I was a month ahead of the deadline. Now that I have finally got it in my mind that the deadline isn't until April, I (the great procrastinator that I am) now keep putting it off, working at it slowly, gathering my information then panicking the last couple weeks because I have to get this done. I am definitely going to have to go back to the old method of panic in March!!! I use a tax program and it is very easy - all you have to do is answer the questions and it figures the rest out for you. The hard part is keeping track of the stuff you need throughout the year. Yes, it is easier to do it throughout the year - but I am not organized enough and also, once I have sweated over it for a month in the spring - I just forget about it for awhile. But then the 'awhile' turns into the next 11 months and so the cyle continues.
So, I had better quit procrastinating and get back at it before the weather turns beautiful and I want to go outside and take it all in.