I had a work meeting with Landers today to talk about our projects for next week. I want to know ahead of time what he wants me to do so that I can make sure and be prepared ahead of time. It seems like basically he just wants me to keep him on track. Let him know ahead of time who we are meeting, what their particular project is, etc. That's fine with me, but I wonder why I need to go along. I had to find someone to watch Jake next Monday and Tuesday, and while the neighbor lady doesn't mind, I hate to leave him with her when I am pretty sure he can outrun her hands down. It's different when I'm still in the house and she's just entertaining him.

Also, I had to go buy some "work clothes." It has been more than a few years since I had to go to meetings, and after the two kids and the recent work-at-home weight gain, I have been struggling to squeeze into my comfy clothes, much less a dress shirt and slacks. As I could have predicted, the husband is not too happy about this. I feel a little frustrated myself - is this what I signed up for? And how do I know when I'm being taken advantage of? Landers is really nice and I don't think that he would deliberately misuse me, but it feels like my list of responsibilities just keeps getting longer. At least they are paying me for the work, but I didn't want to work 20 to 30 hours a week. I wanted to work 10 to 15.

While I'm worried about this, I have to admit it feels good to feel needed professionally and to feel like I'm making a legitimate contribution to the business. I've got the Facebook page set up and we've already got about 100 friends. I've set up system where if you friend us, you can get a coupon for a discount on your next service. Landers said as long as I didn't promise more than 10% off it was okay. We've gotten several calls already.