An Invigorating Respite
Sep 12th, 2007 by Jennifer Lynn
Enjoying a dash of r&r
Well, I headed out of town to lose myself for a bit in the majestic Finger Lakes region of New York. There’s nothing quite like trekking through waterfalls and gorges to invigorate the spirit and clear my head. Now it’s time to absorb myself back into the grinding mentality of academic and regular work again.
During the next twelve weeks, I’ve decided to participate in an income tax preparation course. It’ll be interesting to see the knowledge I’ll glean from doing this (and will be sure to share any fruitful insights). At the very least the course will offer a solid basic understanding on filing income taxes, plus give me the added benefit of receiving an overview of how the entire system works.
If anyone has participated in an income tax preparation course, I’d love to hear your feedback and thoughts.
Later this week I’ll be exploring my financial progress. It’s also interesting to note that I still have not heard anything back regarding the lawsuit filed against me on an alleged credit card debt back in January.
(If you’re a new reader, you can catch up on that beauty of a tale at Broke-Ass Student Just Got A Whole Lot Broker).
All in all, I’m anticipating a peaceful autumn. But being a Western New Yorker, it’s only natural to begin bracing for the upcoming snowfall. We get pounded with at least one or two whopper blizzards each winter.
Western New York will also soon be celebrating the anniversary of a freak thunder-ice storm which clobbered us last year on (ironically enough) Friday, October 13th. The devastating thunder-ice storm downed tons of power lines and tree branches all across the region, leaving as many as 400,000 residents without electricity. The storm, also lovingly coined “Arborgeddon”, dumped up to two feet of snow and brought down many of our beautiful trees. Over 90% of this region’s trees were bruised in some fashion.
Oh, and yesterday for about ten minutes I could have sworn a monsoon blew through the city. I was driving home from class when a lightning storm began dropping hail balls and wind gusts of over 60 mph.
Ahh, to be home again.
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Waterfalls and gorges def. cant be beat
Were you around my neck of the woods? Hope you had a good time!
Your post reminds me of some of the snowfalls we got every year growing up in rural Michigan (and the ones my mom still lives through). Kinda makes me miss home a little.
Now I live in the DC area and everything shuts down when there is a *threat* of snow. Wimps.
Having had a summons served on me, I can tell you for certain that if the company was going through with it, you would have gotten more communication and paperwork from the court system. You can always check at the local courthouse and see whats going on. The contact information should be on your summons.
I’m actually off to the finger lakes next week for a few days for a mini business trip and hoping to tour a few wineries.
If you enjoy hiking, there is a fantastic park in the Finger Lakes region in Watkins Glen that has some great waterfalls, trails, etc. I went there a few years ago and was surprised how beautiful the park was.
Great blog by the way!
Hey, Update!!!
Love the site. The article on bank accounts was helpful for me.
hey there,
i’ve been reading your blog for a while now, and i’ve decided to de-lurk myself as i’ve started my own blog. i can totally identify with being a student; and ironically, i’m trying to break the broke student stereotype.
thanks so much for the great student-blogging; there aren’t many student bloggers compared to the rest of the PF community. =)
i added you onto my links.
cheers,
emm.
hmm, interesting. how did you sign up for the course? I would be very interested in taking it if it was offered somewhere around me. Is it a govt thing or part of a school curriculum or something?
Jason
Ok so i see its been a while since you have posted. I’m kind of dieing to find out now how the “broke ass student just got…” post has turned out for you.
Thats one heck of a cliffhanger there!
By the way…how far “west” in new york are you? just curious since most people think the part of NY i live in is “west”
Great blog-very inspiring!
Interesting, how did you enjoy your break?