The month is kind of inconvenient. I’m reminded of this
every year when I have fewer days to send my mortgage payment. It’s not like
we’re going into default or anything but I have my schedule. I get paid and
then write the check and in February, I have two or three fewer days to do
that.
President’s Day also cuts into that because it’s a bank
holiday and I have less time to mail the checks. (Yes, I still mail everything.
I have no patience for online bill paying, since I am sometimes forced to alter
my user name since someone already has it, or add numbers or capital letters to
my standard passwords, so I will forget these and have to reset the passwords
and I am very easily frustrated by that type of thing. Plus, I like to support
the Post Office.) This year the holiday falls right after payday, so it will
screw me up a little.
The other annoying thing about February is it’s during this
month that our sewer tax is due. I have no idea what this is for but I have
this reflex where an official-sounding agency tells me I owe them money and I
sigh and write the check. I forget this is due every year so I don’t factor it
into the budget and it just makes things inconvenient. February is probably the
worst time this tax could be due because I’m recovering from Christmas spending
and then there’s this big, non-negotiable lump that I have to pay. I wish the
county would just add this tax onto my mortgage escrow. It would be nothing to
pay $25 a month but that $300 is irritating.
The shorter month also makes our magazine’s deadline extra
annoying. There’s more of a time crunch to finish. Then after we’re finished
with print, I have fewer days to get the website together by March 1.
I just want to get through February and make it to the 12
Days of March …
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