I felt the same way until I decided that I needed to understand what was happening with every dollar my wife and I took in, in order for us to make decisions like how much we should invest or keep in savings for emergencies. I ran into all sorts of issues reconciling different information and had to revisit my modeling several times.

Only after discussing with my brother, who went to business school, did I realize I was gradually discovering my own half-assed version of accounting. Then I started reading Wikipedia and Investopedia about accounting topics, and it seemed a lot less dry.