Theme song.

This debit & kredit girl has plenty of busy season memories.  There have been a handful of sleepless nights, a few tears (o.k. more than a few!), a crashed computer or two and a dollop of frustration on top.  But at the same time I have made great friends, shared many a laughs and pulled some all-star office pranks during busy season.

Amidst all those memories there is the all important busy season theme song.  During the season of busy-ness I treasure my time in the car more than ever.  It is a cherished twenty or thirty minutes a day where my mind runs free.  My thoughts jump from the client phone call I forgot to return, to the fact that I have left the dog at home for too many hours or the realization that there is no food to eat or clean clothes to wear!  And just when I feel completely overwhelmed I hear my theme song and for the next three minutes I turn up the radio and sing along without a care in the world!

The theme song is not something that is handpicked after careful consideration.   Often is comes about all on its own.

I think it was busy season #5, but I really can't be sure.  That was the year that got the best of me.  Also a year that the theme song was slow and depressing.  "Worn Me Down" by Rachel Yamagato.  To this day I feel tears welling up in my eyes when I hear that song.

Last year the song was a little bit more upbeat.  Despite the fact that I listened to "Gives Me Hell" more than 42,000 times I still have no idea what that song is about.

Each and every night last week I got in the car, took a deep breath and turned up the radio - and there it was - this year's theme song.... Empire State of Mind. You can't help but feel bettter after listening to a little hip hop with some R&B soul.  So I turn the volume up a little louder than in years past and by the time I sing along to the last line of the song I am ready to conquer the world.  Well maybe not the world - but I am ready to find my sweat pants, let the dog out, eat some dinner and review a few more audit workpapers.

Thanks Jay-Z and Alicia Keys!

Niner.

As expected - the pace of my life has really picked up the past few weeks.  It is officially the season of debits & kredits.  This season is slightly different than the holiday season which is celebrated by decorating the home with trees and colorful lights, slowing the pace of life and spending time with family and friends - the season of debits &kredits is more of an individual holiday.  It's one where we decorate our homes with dirty laundry and dishes, time is not our our side and we spend very little of it with family and friends.

At this point I need two hands to count the seasons of busy-ness.

"Two, four, niner, five, six, seven..."

"I can't hear you, you're trailing off and did I catch a niner in there?"

Yep after auditing my own count I came up with... Niner! 

For some reason I can't seem to remember three, four or five.  Oh well there are busy season memories to be made, so it's back to auditing for me!