Tax Time!

I can't believe it: our state and federal income tax returns aren't due until April 15 and they're all finished and ready to sign and send in. In fact, it's too early to file electronically; the feds won't accept it until February 15!

I can remember several years in a row when we joined the long lines of cars at the post office late on the night of April 15. The police would cordon off the area and direct traffic. Post Office employees would be standing outside to sell you stamps and check that your envelope was in good order. One year, the Post Office even served pizza. There was a kind of Procrastinators' Brotherhood.

It was kind of fun, being so late. Weird, to be so early.