This is What it Feels Like to be an aDuLt

I filled out my taxes today (both the federal and Montana State income taxes) and filed one (of two) of my fafsa's for going back to school.  The one for this Spring requires my parent's information and their PIN as a signature, but unfortunately it will take a couple days for the PIN to work.  So a little more waiting until that processes and I will be done with that! And much, much richer! Maybe once my refund comes in I can pay off that credit card.... *cough*

I am at home, my real home, visiting for a couple days.  The driving reason was to get my taxes and fafsa done, but I really enjoy visitng home.  There is no where else that I feel more at ease, comfortable, and accepted than at home. The original plan was to head back over to Spokane tomorrow, but I'm pushing that back a day so that I can spend some more time with my busy, knitting-frenzied mother who has spent the last two evenings I've been here off with her knitting groups.  Maybe I can put in my suggestion for another project for me (muahahaaa).  I would say a hat, but as ma fille reminded me a couple days ago (as I saw a bunch of REALLY CHEAP beanies), I have enough hats as is.  I have more hats than I know what to do with (although every one gets it's time on my head at some point).

I also have a clothes problem.  After beginning the moving-in process last May, we are finally rearranging things in our closet to better accommodate the clothes of two people.  This is one huge closet.  One huge closet that we have packed full.  I would give away more clothes, but there really aren't that many that I dont wear on at least a semi-regular basis.  Limiting my clothing options would mean that I would be forced into wearing outfits that I'm not completely satisfied with.  And that must not happen! This is how I rationalize my clothes volumes.  Ok, so it's really not an outrageous amount... it's just shifting the two lives of clothes into one.  Which is quite the task and produces quite the mess in our closet.  My guess?  Just as we figure out the best organization, we will move into town and have to begin again.  But life would be boring if everything were simple. Right?

Right.  And there are three certainties in life: that my closet will always be too full no matter how much I give away, death, and taxes.