Be Brave Project, Day 15: HOORAY! Being Brave Pays Off!

One year sober! I'm going to the Fireside meeting in Midtown Manhattan, eating lunch with Martha (from my home group), and then meeting Lara for some cupcakes at Crumbs! Treating today as a holiday! After cupcakes I'm going up to look at apartments in Inwood.

BUT yesterday I rec'd my tax return information, the first thing I did when I started the BBP--all I had to do was open the thing, sign & send a check to the State of NY, and decide what to do with my Federal overpayment of (whoo-bloody-hoo) $59.06.

I tossed the unopened packet on my printer, and went to the kitchen to make some cream of broccoli soup. Talked to my mother on the phone for a while, which was a relief as she sounded much better than the last conversation. Changed out of my high-heeled espadrilles into DKNY yoga shoes. Then, with a sigh, I decided to open the pack and, if I had the energy, write the damn check to NY State. Couldn't find scissors to cut the seal open, so tore at it for a bit, then got a kitchen knife. Pulled out the creamy white folder, opened it. Tax forms, filled out on the left. On the right was a bill for the accounting services, and a summary of the tax forms.

I read the summary and yelped like a labrador.

I read the summary again.

I called Louis C.'s office.

I read the summary again.

When Louie had said I had a $59.06 refund coming, he didn't mean $59.06. He meant $5906.00!!! Of all that is Good to the the Poor Sad-Ass Drunks on this planet!!

$5906!??

That'd pay for my rent increase!!

May God Grant me the Serenity

To accept the things I cannot change,

The courage to change the things I can,

& The Wisdom to know the difference!!

HOT DAMN!!