It could be the Official Steph Corset. We would be a fierce army of corsetted Stephs!

Hmmm, I am liking this idea. If you come to the F2F, we should get pictures.

Aw, what a cute picture, Bonny!

Sigh. So, meanwhile, I finally looked at my mail from Friday, and found out (as I've said on LJ and FB) that the IRS looked at my tax return from 2008 (!not 2009!) and paid no attention to my notations, and said "Oh, you owe us more money!" and now I have to convince them I did not, in fact, get all the unemployment that the state's stupid tax form claims I got (because even when you have to pay it back, the state won't give you an amended form, the bastards)

AND, when I went on my bank website to try to find proof of paying it back (which I can't, because the online records don't go back that far), I find that somehow the back accidentally double-debited the cashier's check I got on Friday, and I'm listed as being 45K in the hole. WTF?? So, fuck that. Now I have to go to them and be all "Um, fuck you, I got ONE cashier's check, not TWO"

Meara, that sucks one thousand ways.

bonny, that's a great picture! You look so lovely and joyful.

meara, that blows. A lot.

bonny, I adore that pic.

meara, uggh. I hope you get it sorted quickly and painlessly.

Had awesome facetime tonight with a dear friend who just got back from living abroad. Much giggling. Good times.

Smonster, I just emailed you back. It was shorter than I expected!

Meara, I meant to comment on LJ. I would be so stressed about the bank thin even though it is obviously a mistake. I've had thing get charged twice but never 45K!!! And I'm sorry about the IRS thing. Too much stress!!

In our house, Ellie crashed 5 minutes after I made her lay down, crying the entire time that she wasn't sleepy.

bonny, that is such a lovely photo. Joyful is exactly right.

meara, I am so sorry. That doth suck and blow. I would be livid about the $45K double debit.

bonny, what a lovely photo!

Oh, meara, that bites seven ways to Sunday.

Went to my first Mariners game today. It was a glorious day for baseball except for the part where the Mariners, you know, lost.

My in-laws leave tomorrow, which is sad-making because I honestly enjoy them (except for the part where Lewis and his mom have a tendency to bicker because they're exactly alike in so many ways). On the other hand, their departure signals the beginning of a six week period where I have no real obligations other than to write.

Well, and possibly consider a new car. Which I'm of mixed feelings about, but it's a possibility.

Yeah, I'm like, as if I didn't have enough stress already, these things do NOT need to be happening. I mean, the IRS thing is in theory easy enough--I know I'm right, and do not owe them anything, and have the documents, etc. But it's just ONE MORE THING.

And I'm really HOPING and EXPECTING the bank thing will be easy enough to fix...but god knows it could be awful. And if nothing else, they could fuck it up just enough that somehow, I don't get the house until they un-fuck it up, and somehow that takes time, or some nonsense.

Bonny, that's a beautiful picture, and joyful indeed.

OMG, Teppy. They made that corset with you and Vortex in mind. So very, very hot. And if it's to be the official Stephanie corset, then Stephanie's tagline: Cleavage beats bling hands down would confirm the idea.

meara that's terrible. It's stupid that you have to fix their mistakes and then let the bank know it was a mistake and has been fixed. I hope it's fairly simple, and is taken care of in time the house purchase isn't affected.