I recently discovered that I am spending double of what I am bringing in with my living stipend from AmeriCorps. I think I may want to adjust my W2 forms, because the taxes seem to be unbarably high, especially considering that the stipend is barely minimum wage in the first place. Maybe I'll go into depth on this again soon. Maybe I'll blog about working the election too. I have so many swirling interests right now, it's hard to keep them straight.

Right now I'm writing because my check, to be deposited thursday, is five dollars more than it was last month. Federal taxes withheld? Zero.

Did the Making Work Pay tax credit already reach me? And how sad is it that I'm so excited by five dollars?