Taxes

Well, the yearly pain of doing my taxes is over. I did an initial estimate of them a few months ago, but didn't finalize until now. I didn't really see any reason to hand my money over to Uncle Sam an earlier than I had to. Fortunately, I'm getting back about twice as much from the State of Iowa as I had to send to the Feds, so it should all work out in the end. Last year, Iowa was lightning-fast at sending out the refunds, I had it direct-deposited in my checking account 4 days after I e-filed. I doubt I'll be that lucky this year, but it'd be nice if I got the Iowa refund before the Feds get around to cashing my check...