End of Seasons

Still feel a bit green to blogging but I need to write rather than pay a therapist also spelled "TheRapist". If I need advise, a blog is a great place to hear many opinions, I love that part, especially if most every one is civil.

Tomorrow I will see two of my very last clients for tax season. Tomorrow is the first time we are cutting clients off six days before the deadline. Don't get me wrong, we will still file an extension but they have to drop off their paperwork with no guarantees nor any live appointments.

I've been with this company over twenty years, it's my work husband. Loved the job all that time except the first six months I was employed there. The boss was just starting his CPA Firm and I had just moved across country from Seattle, WA to Orlando, FL leaving a boss that was retiring from his CPA Firm. The Orlando boss and I grew the business, mostly he grew it, I just kept his books as the admin/secretary as well as an Accountant during tax season. The firm grew after a couple years we hired a secretary, that made my job easier. After many years of employment, I became a Partner

Five years ago we interviewed buyers for our firm finally selling to a much younger woman. One of the questions I asked before I accepted the sale was would she allow my dog to work by my side for the two year contract I had agreed to. I knew I could handle anything for two years. I thought if it was an unpleasant two years I could retire but I was hoping to make it to sixty-six when social security would kick in. I signed the non-compete. The two years flew by with me enjoying what I did and learning my boss. In those two year I loved and admired her, will do anything for her while she has grows this company.

In the last five years I finally heard my boss say, she doesn't know if she could still be doing tax seasons at my age. I just smiled. She is a beautiful woman from Lithuania, she does Ironman's, I tell her she is a beast.

I'm moving a 100 miles to the next chapter of my life. Working part time from home by remoting into the office. I will miss my co-workers but have my parents and siblings to enjoy. I also am now single, no work-husband so there time to explore a companion.

End of a Season creates a New Season.