Friday is my birthday; I’ll be 41. Nathan, Joe, and I have tickets to see Once on This Island at the Civic Center. For dinner I want to try Cheeseburger in Paradise up on Memorial Road. I didn’t realize this (although I should have) but it’s owned by Jimmy Buffet.
I found their website on the internet and printed out a menu…it looks like such a fun place to visit. I thought it would fit in nicely with the “island” theme. We should all dress tropical for the evening. Normally for the Civic Center I like to dress a little more formally, but this time I’d like to dress for the theme. And I definitely should take the camera and get a few pictures of all of us with the tropical background.
We spent the weekend in Broken Bow, camping and canoeing the Lower Mountain Fork. It was a good trip overall, but I’m glad it’s over. That canoeing for 9 miles wears your arms out. Not even to mention the sun…it’s wise to keep lots of high-power sunscreen handy. We did see lots of wildlife; a raccoon visited our campsite Friday evening. Joe fought a water moccasin from our canoe Saturday near the end of the trip. I’d like to camp out again sometime when we aren’t on a schedule, and just spend the evenings by the campfire.
I think my career needs a change of pace. What I'd really like to do is write, but I'd like to combine that with the nearly-20 years I've spent in the accounting business. I could submit something to CPA Focus, a bi-monthly publication from the Oklahoma Society of CPAs. Something on Statutory Accounting – a primer, maybe, on basic GAAP vs. STAT concepts. Statutory accounting is a niche-market and it's nearly impossible to find literature on the subject. Or, issues facing the industry. Impairments, that is, impaired securities? That’s a hot topic in our office right now, with all the volatility in the stock market. Reinsurance? Or even a bit about a general business-related topic, something applicable to anyone and not just accountants.
A good starting point would be to begin reading up on magazines and current events, mainly the business news. Wall Street plunged 400 points today. Fuel prices have skyrocketed in the past year or so, but have actually dropped recently to $2.50 per gallon for unleaded. Now milk – it’s up to $4 a gallon!! That’s outrageous! The mortgage market is dimming; people aren’t buying as many houses as they were a few years ago.
One idea is to submit a piece our trip to Minneapolis for the IASA Conference, to our company's monthly newsletter. Another is one I have personal experience in, and that is an article on working-mom CPAs. Then I could do a follow-up of working-dad CPAs. I need to keep my eyes and ears and mind open to ideas on what to write about. They could come from anywhere.
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