Connect, Brag, Throw Down!

Yup, that's my new job description as a Cultural Ambassador for Calgary2012.  I attended an orientation meeting this week and was blown away by the creativity, energy, and general madness of everyone in attendance.  My inner groan, when it was announced that all 200 - yes, 200 - people in attendance would, one by one, make a quick statement of who they were and why there were at the meeting, quickly turned into a wonderful feeling of being proud to be part of this phenomenal organization.  The fact that they provided free coffee and doughnuts (courtesy of the amazing Jelly Modern Doughnuts) was also a bonus.  It's going to be an amazing year.  Curious?  Check out their website:  www.calgary2012.com.

And so it goes...

So I thought this week was going to be straightforward and tiring, as opposed to complicated and tiring.  Guess what?  Not so!!

In the midst of me having to work around two part-time jobs and three volunteer board positions, a storm hit Calgary.  Snow day!!  What was a carefully planned week turned into some free time!  When does that ever happen to a freelance musician/teacher/administrator/volunteer?

Thoughts of manicures, pedicures, reading time, movie time, and general laziness pervaded my not-so-conscious consciousness.  But, alas, it was not to last.  I had forgotten two words in the English language that haunt the self-employed:  tax time.  The time of year when 51 weeks get condensed into the final week, proving that the-great-memory-that-you-thought-you-had-every-time-you-made-a-bank-deposit wasn't so great.  Argh!  Just what WAS that deposit on May 12 at 7:29pm?  I kept the slip but neglected to write anything on it because, yep, my memory is so great!

So now I must send all of the information (and lack thereof) to my accountant.  This is my first year with her (and maybe my last?).  Apparently she is used to singers.  Watch this space...