I think ever since the office manager's tyranny was made known in the office, the bosses and us have been kind of bonding. At least for me, I feel as though my bosses have been bridging the gap with me lately and so I feel that I need to stay on my A-game and try my best at everything. I also learn the most interesting things from them. Lots of things I would have never known before, I am learning them now.
For instance... interesting thing that my boss lady told me about her daughter and pomegranates. I love pomegranate juice, but to eat the fruit is really a pain in the ass. So apparently my bosses' daughter has this trick in getting all the seeds out of the fruit skin and such. You cut off the top and the bottom so that it becomes like a disc, then you put it in a bowl and pour cold water through the top of the disc. After it soaks for a while, all of the seeds will come out by themselves apparently. I will have to try it when pomegranates are in season again.
As for a recent side note... I had no idea the Super Bowl was today, 'cause the avocados were all on sale. I haven't had avocado for so long so I bought three of them. They're pretty ripe so I didn't want to buy too many. I don't think I can eat that many avocados in a week.
Oh, back to my bosses. You also learn some things about their personal lives that you probably would never think about. For instance, my boss lady is a clean-freak, much like me and we're super proud of it lol. Though my room is a mess right now, if I have the time, I like making things as neat as possible. When we're in the bathroom and we see a huge puddle around the sink, we both have to clean it. I had no idea she did it as well until she came into the bathroom one time and saw me wiping around the sink 'cause it was just so aggravating to see it all wet. She laughed and was like, "You clean up around the sink too?" We really are alike in a lot of ways, except she's just a lot cooler than I am lol. I don't know, but I really admire my boss lady. She's smart, sharp, and something about her makes me just really like her.
My other boss isn't as socially-capable at times, but he's a genuinely nice guy. I had days where I just really disliked him 'cause he reminded me so much of my dad when he was mad and on a rampage, but I think that by him giving me more things, he is taking a chance with me and really teaching me. I really appreciate it and I hope that I can live up to their expectations of me. I think for the first time in a while, I can say that my job -- though stressful and frustrating at times -- is now pretty challenging and fun. I only hope it can stay this way for a while longer. I hope I can say that I love my job for a long time. I will probably love it more if I get my CPA license. I want to become better and be one of those "Go-to" people that newbies come running to, so I better work harder. But at the moment, I think my bosses have divided us all up with the tasks that we can do and excel in. For instance...
My office buddy is now the bookkeeper person in the office lol. Except for the four most senior accountants (my two bosses, the senior tax manager who manages our payroll, and the other senior tax/audit manager), the other four of us have certain things we're good at, or working towards getting good at. The senior accountant who is my senpai, is the one who deals with all the IRS correspondence, while the other senpai is one of the better tax people in the office, my friend is the bookkeeper and payroll person, and I am the 1099, excel spreadsheet, and trust person. Whenever we have to prepare 1099s, people throw them on my desk lol. The only thing that's hard about the 1099s is the printer calibration 'cause it doesn't print on the form the way I want it to, so most of the time spent is calibrating the damn printer lol. If not for this, I would like it so much more lol.
My boss lady has me call the tax preparation program to fix problems now and then, and then if there are projects with atrocious excel spreadsheets provided by clients, she has me fix them. I remember there was this one project that they handed to me, because it was so hard to understand. I sat there, banged my head against the desk for a while before finding all the problems and fixing it so it all makes sense. I was so proud of myself when it was all over, because my boss lady came out and was like, "Thank you!" I was so happy that day.
I have been pretty happy with the other things I have been learning too, such as how when I went to go ask a question on how to input things on the tax preparation program, the senior tax manager didn't bite my head off or anything and just showed me what to do. I got my return done quicker and better. I was really happy that I am asking questions this year. Even if I am annoying, it's better to ask than to ponder for too long, which was what I did last year.
My motivation at the moment should be money. I am financially in the deep end at the moment, so I had best get my CPA license as soon as possible so I can get a raise. Then I can also move into my own apartment and afford all the extra costs of living alone. *sigh* 頑張れ、あたし！
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