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This month of July is eating me alive. Every morning I wake up and stare into the void. I have a to-do list that keeps getting longer while the time keeps getting shorter. It’s kind of paralyzing when there’s so much to do you’re afraid to get started. The more work there is, the less I get done; it’s one of those unnatural laws.
Part of the panicky feeling comes from not being able to let everything come down to its deadline, the way I usually do. I can get things done because I have to, unless there’s so much to do that it can’t all be done at the last minute. I probably should have disciplined myself not to rely so much on deadlines, but it’s always worked in the past. Now I have no choice but to manage my time better.
The big problem is that this is the first July when I have two companies to account for instead of just one. The Kennel accounting is much simpler than what I do for the construction company, but it’s also completely different from anything I’ve ever done before. I have to create from scratch the systems and spreadsheets that will eventually make things go more smoothly. But this year, nothing is going smoothly.
July isn’t just another month when quarterly taxes are due. It’s also the month when the insurance company decides it wants to look at my books. I have an auditor coming to my house next Monday, and I’m not nearly ready for him. The books aren’t ready, and the house really isn’t ready. My weekend will be spent dusting and vacuuming and cleaning up the spreadsheets. And hoping against hope that the Boss leaves me alone, for once. | 
