Taxes Paid

Hello,



Today, in spite of not wanting to go anywhere, we went to the office of our tax preparer, signed papers, and wrote checks. He called yesterday to tell us that the prep work was done. We are getting money from the state and owe much more to the federal government. We also wrote a check to pay for his work. We did not wear masks because there was only one person in the office. We did bring our own pen and hand sanitizer. Ahead of time we talked about who would open the door. Leroy volunteered. He opened the two doors and I held the hand sanitizer over his hands when he was done with that. We did that on the way in and the way out. We did touch papers in order to sign them; otherwise we touched nothing else in the office. I dreaded going and spent some time awake last night feeling like this was something we should not do. After discussion with Leroy, who did not feel the same, although he was willing to wait until much later with the extended payment schedule, we went. Things looked better to me in the light of day. Our state is one of only six that does not have shelter in place restrictions yet. I am ready for that next step and wonder if we are waiting too long to be of maximum help.



Leroy also talked about stopping at a grocery store since we would be close, but the lot that we went past had many cars parked. Not my idea of safety. Another day when supplies are lower would be better. At that time we might even have things delivered. All these new ways of being!



In the car on the way to the office, we listened to an NPR report about the situation in India. We are rich beyond compare. Most of those people have no way to shelter in place or separate from others. Praying for miracles for them!



Paula