I called the IRS this morning. After an hour on hold, I
finally talked to a live person who informed me there is an issue with my return.
She couldn’t verify exactly what the issue was though. Instead, she told me I’d
probably have another 4 weeks before I have a refund. Anyway, I called my
friend who works at the IRS right after. She said she wouldn’t bank on what
that woman is saying. They aren’t telling anyone 4 week time –frames. It’s all
6 to 8 weeks. Instead, she’s going to provide me another phone number when she
gets into work, so that I can call to be sure I don’t need to verify my
identity first. She said if I don’t need to, then they’ll transfer me to the
area that can really help me. She thinks it’s just an error because I’ve had
some changes this year adding Emerson and daycare. These things error out when
trying to go through the E-file system and require and actual person to review
your return. Obviously there are a lot of errors to review, so it takes some
time to get through the process. I hope I’ve already been assigned to a
processor that’s looking at my return. Anyway, I’ll be calling again this
afternoon. Hopefully I have some answers. I don’t mind if I’m not getting money
for another 6 weeks. I just want to know that it’s really being processed and
not stalled because I’m not doing my part. It’s really, really stressful. I had
to gear myself up for this day because I knew it would require me making a lot
of calls and being placed on hold. It’s very frustrating because they don’t
have to help you, or give you answers. It takes getting through to the right
person to be given the correct information. Sometimes that requires calling
multiple times. I’m trying to put my toughest foot forward. This is not for the
faint of heart. There is a lot of money on the line here. I just want to make
sure I take the necessary steps to avoid further delay.
All of the families received a letter yesterday from the
director at daycare regarding the little
girl who passed yesterday morning. I didn’t write about this in my blog
yesterday, but a 4 month old baby that was in Emerson’s class died. She
suffocated in her sleep. It is absolutely tragic and horrific. My heart aches
for her family. I can barely wrap my mind around it and it makes me tear up
anytime I think about it. The daycare is taking donations and working on
putting together a fundraiser to raise money for the family. I feel so bad. The
mood at daycare is so somber. I feel awful for the teachers. They took care of
that little girl every day. It’s almost like losing one of your own. I don’t
even know what to say about it other than I am very sad and I squeezed Emerson
extra last night. I couldn’t imagine going through that and I never ever want
to live that nightmare. I’ll leave it at that because it just makes me
incredibly sad to go there in my mind.
This week has been filled with so many ups and downs. There
were a large number of people at my company who were let go on Wednesday.
Several worked very closely with me and my team. It was a somber week there
too. After the firings occurred, we had a meeting to discuss them. It’s almost
surreal. I feel for those people. It’s very scary to one day have an income then
have it taken away from you the next. I’ve heard some rumors that they were
given severance though. If that’s the case, then I’m happy for them. They’ll be
okay until they find alternative employment. Also, they let team members go who
suffered poor performance reviews, so it really wouldn’t have been a big shock
to anyone. It’s still very sad though and puts all of us on edge.
I need a reprieve from bad news. It’s been that kind of
week. I really just want to have a great weekend and to try to put everything
aside. It’s supposed to snow on Sunday night. It sucks. We’ve gotten such a
break from that. I’ve finally started to feel comfortable driving again. There
was a coating this morning, but it was fine. I was able to get Emerson to
daycare with no issues. I’m working from home today though. I’m glad. I needed
a break from commuting. Also, I really needed to do laundry. I’m trying to
figure out what I want to do after work. I really want to go to Once upon a
child to find a shirt for Emerson to wear for picture day on Tuesday. We’re
going shoe shopping tomorrow, but not in the same area that Once upon a child
is located. I think it’ll be easier if I just run up today after work to look
around before snagging him from daycare. I do need to get milk and dish liquid
though. I’ll have about 2 hours after work is over before I need to pick
Emerson up. It seems like a lot of time, but really isn’t. I probably won’t get
to Once upon a child until 330ish. I know what we need though, so I shouldn’t
be in there long. I can run to the grocery store on the way home to grab milk
and dish liquid. I’d love to make fish and mac and cheese for dinner tonight. I
can grab some fish at the store too. I’d love to just grab dinner from a fish
fry, but that’s just being too wasteful. If I just buy fish at the store, we’ll
have it to eat another night. I already have macaroni and cheese at home.
I’m excited to hang out with Emerson tomorrow though. I just
want us to have a happy and healthy weekend. We’ve had it pretty rough the last
two months. We deserve it. Alright. I hope you all have a really wonderful
weekend. Stay warm and stress-free! J
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