Well, all that fundraising and nonsense paid off. Last week I went on the legendary Rhinebeck Fifth Grade Whale Watch trip. It was pretty cool. Going on a whale watch is certainly an interesting experience. And all of the related side trips and excursions we went on were pretty cool. I’ll have to see about one of those Outer Banks dolphin watches next. My brother in North Carolina can hook me up. Maybe I can call it a Schedule C business expense if I hire a Raleigh CPA. The IRS will totally buy that, right? Of course, then I have to figure out how to get from Raleigh to the coast in a sensible manner. Maybe I can play the frugal card – sure I drove 12 hours to meet with my tax guy, but then I stayed at my brother’s house and saved money on a hotel… I just had to drive a few hundred extra miles  to the dolphin boat as a result.

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