Near-death experience
Jun. 27th, 2007 03:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bladesparkI had a heart-stopping moment of panic today.
You see, I went out to get the mail. And in the mail, among the usual assortment of credit card offers and Pizza Hut coupons, I found a letter from the IRS. Just seeing the envelope made me pretty nervous. I'm in a fairly good place financially just now, but that's "fairly good for me" kind of good, I don't have money coming out of my ears or anything.
I went back into the house and opened the letter. Skimmed the first page. Error on my return? Change made which I need to approve? Money owed which I need to pay?! Panic is starting to set it. Second page. INTEREST because the payment is late? AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
But wait... dollar ammount on interest.... $0.07?! Ah ha ha ha ha! Okay, nevermind! Panic cancelled!
Turns out I owe an extra $4.22, plus the $0.07 in interest on it. I think I can manage to afford that.
You see, I went out to get the mail. And in the mail, among the usual assortment of credit card offers and Pizza Hut coupons, I found a letter from the IRS. Just seeing the envelope made me pretty nervous. I'm in a fairly good place financially just now, but that's "fairly good for me" kind of good, I don't have money coming out of my ears or anything.
I went back into the house and opened the letter. Skimmed the first page. Error on my return? Change made which I need to approve? Money owed which I need to pay?! Panic is starting to set it. Second page. INTEREST because the payment is late? AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
But wait... dollar ammount on interest.... $0.07?! Ah ha ha ha ha! Okay, nevermind! Panic cancelled!
Turns out I owe an extra $4.22, plus the $0.07 in interest on it. I think I can manage to afford that.