It can be really boring being an accountant

Okay, this is a little off topic of my other post. This is sort of my day in the life of an accountant type thing. Today was a rough start to a day. I did not want to wake up and contemplated calling in to work every time my alarm went off (I have a snooze button problem).Unfortunately I did not. On my way to work on my usual route I run into a fire truck and a fire man. The fire man informed there had been a wreck and it will be twenty minutes before I cold get through. I really didn't feel like waiting so I went an alternate route. In said route, I hit some black ice and the truck got a little loose in turn 3. Nothing happened, but it did get my heart racing a little too early this morning.

So here comes the really boring work day. I arrive at work at 8 a.m. everyday. I come in, sign in and walk up to my very small office after a "you who" to my office buddy Dennis. Dennis is a 65 year old man who has " I'm getting to old for this shit syndrome." He is really the only reason I don't go completely crazy at work sometimes. He tells good stories and tries to relate every aspect of work to something he likes. He is a man of simple needs and really enjoys life. Anyway, I then go to turn on my computer and wait forever because it is a piece of junk. Then I do a quick internet session. You know email, facebook, and now my blog. Then I begin the work day. Most days I work on audits. This is boring stuff. I make sure that what companies say about there finances are correct. That's really they only way I can describe it, which solidifies the fact my job is boring. For instance today I spent my whole morning doing data entry of a Trial Balance. A trial balance is summary of balances of transactions that occurred throughout the entire year of a company. During an audit our goal is to get back up and evidence supporting the numbers on the Trial Balance. So I typed in eight pages of numbers. I then had to do yearly analytical procedures. This is when we compare last years numbers to this years numbers and if we see any drastic changes we investigate them. So that pretty much took up my morning. I then went home to lunch. Most of the staff eats lunch here, but I live close and would go crazy with out my hour lunch break. Then back to the office to finish my day doing random stuff. The staff at work can be quite entertaining. I have a Bi-polar boss who is dealing with a crazy wife who is 20 years younger than him, who use to be his secretary, and babysit his children. His son who is a spoiled brat who has daddy was never there for me issues. A married girl with two kids who is under appreciated. A funny, but yet some times scary girl who has some pretty crazy stories to tell and makes you glad you are not her sometimes. There is also Dennis who was mentioned earlier. My job ends at 5 each day where I go home, eat dinner, and then study more damn accounting. When at home I at least have the entertainment of my lovely wife and all her teaching stories. I am jealous of her job many days. Many days I am not as well. Anyways, this blog is rather random. The fact is I am bored at work and wanted to do something entertaining so I decided to write this.