I Can See Clearly Now

I had another one of those idiot e-mail exchanges with the demented partner of the company I work for. And I'm tired of it. I think after the holidays, I'm going to have a sit-down with the other partner, my boss/friend, and tell her I have a concern over Ms. A's memory issues. It's seriously a problem. Dealing with her is like going to a nursing home and dealing with an invalid. Either that or she assumes I either already know something that I don't, or that I don't know something that I do--so big assumptions are being made. Even being blunt, "I have no idea what that means," does not get me the right answer from this person. *shrugshoulders* It's like playing charades with someone who does not share a language with me. I'm SO over it.

My husband may have a line on some work out of state. If he does, I'll be in a position to have more leverage to say, "I'm done." If boss/friend is upset or angered or disturbed by my conversation with them in January, I can say "I can't work like this. Unless an author asks for me, I'd just rather not have to deal with it any more, or work only with you." I need to polish that a bit, but that's what I mean.

I'm ready to walk away, if it comes to that. I have enough skills to work on my own, I just don't have the clients, so I'll have to build up my own clientele. I don't have a problem with that, either. Also, There is a very, very good chance that with the reality of extra money coming in, we can move to California. Somewhere in the suburbs of Sacramento. *fingerscrossed* I'm ready to go. I really like where we live now, but our unit is getting smaller and smaller every day, even as we throw away, put in storage, or donate more stuff. It's just too small. And I'd like a yard to do some gardening and let our pets run around in. So yeah, I'm looking forward to that.

I received the manuscript for one of the gigs I've been waiting on. The client is still waiting for the cover art back from the designer, but if I get it formatted before then, when it comes back, I can compress the photo, insert it, and upload for publication. *bam* it's done, and this client always pays quickly. Yes, this is my third project for this client. I really like her, she's professional and thorough, and her stories are really good.

So that's where we are today. A teeny tiny miniscule beam of light on the horizon.