Taking care of business

Well, things have been progressing rather mundanely the past week or so. It was with some relief that I found out I am meeting all expectations regarding my freelance/consulting work with Egmont. Phase 1 of my six-month contract is already over at the end of this month. Phase 2 starts March 1 and ends at the end of May. I was a little concerned about how I was doing because I feel completely in the dark communication-wise. I only get feedback when I'm in the office once a week to meet with my boss. I asked her and she said I'm going everything they wanted me to do and doing it well. So whew! My contract with them is pretty standard and gives either party a two-week notice contract cancellation policy.

Later that same day, my boss emailed me and asked if I would go to ALA Annual for Egmont. Even though I was doing the happy dance in my head, I played it cool, and simply said, "of course, I'd be happy to." I also have hopes that this is an indicator of either an extended contract or a movement towards a full-time on staff position with them. As I said, my contract ends at the end of May. ALA Annual is the second week of July. In Chicago.

On Thursday, Steve and I are headed to the Great White North. Oops, er, that's Canada. Maine. We're going to Maine. Since we had to scrub our Christmas visit due to finances and Kitty's required TLC after surgery, we are going now. Steve's folks haven't seen him in over a year, so a visit is well overdue. We'll be there about a week.

We are flying Jet Blue for the first time. Prices were astoundingly low - lower than taking the bus and definitely lower than the train - so we are flying. Even though it's only a little over an hour flight time, I'm looking forward to testing out the larger coach seats, personal tvs, etc. And we can check one bag each without an additional fee. It's amazing that a free checked bag is a perk now.

There is a cat sitter coming in twice a day - which costs more than our plane tickets - to take care of the furries. Cleo's medicine is best administered twice a day. We hired one of the techs from the vet clinic. Gotta remember to have an extra set of keys made tomorrow.

Tonight we are going to hang the curtains for the bedroom. Our bedroom is on the roof and could easily be accessed if someone felt like hopping from roof to roof. So I really want to get the curtains up to close up so should a potential thief roof hop, he won't be able to see in our windows. I also have to give Steve a haircut tonight. So many little things to take care of before leaving - put a hold on the mail, haircut, curtains, keys, pick up new pill pockets, save work documents to Google docs/USB memory stick to take with me, etc. At least laundry got done yesterday so we don't show up with dirty underwear. And I already stocked up on plenty of cat food for The Miss.

Like I said, things have been pretty ordinary around here.