Twiddling my thumbs

My boss and I are leaving to meet with the client in the next few minutes. I have all of my ducks in a row and I'm just sitting on my hands, waiting to leave. If the client signs off on our work, we get our next check, which helps to keep me employed!

I'm also going to be presenting an application that I built using FileMaker Pro when I was trying to find freelance database design work. The boss is quite impressed with it and insists that I show it so that we can discuss adding some similar features into my current project.

Wish me luck!

Mission Accomplished

The client presentation went very well. The clients were very pleased with the work we've done so far and after the meeting my boss enthused, "we kicked ass!" He told my co-worker that I was "a natural" presenter.

We've got a few changes to put in, but we should be able to get them to sign off on this phase of the contract by Tuesday, which means that we can bill them! Of course, then they get up to 30 days to pay us.

My boss treated me to lunch after the meeting. We talked a little about my coming out, the expectation of monogamy in society (per his agreement with his girlfriend, he's in a monogamous relationship, but can still advocate non-monogamy in society) and laid out some more of his plans for the future.

He's working to establish an intentional community in "Buttfuck, Maryland" (we laughed about whether I should be feeling harassed) with an "urban annex" in DC. The members of this community would be expected to spend time at both locations to do the work of the community. The urban annex would have office and residential space, and my employment with the corporation entitles me to membership in the community, meaning that I could live at the annex in DC.

I've never had an avowed non-monogamist, communist employer before, but I'm having a good time!

Sliding Doors

It's curious; over lunch, my boss asked me what my plans for the future were. I have recently returned to the realization that I don't set much of a direction for myself. I'm not very goal-oriented, I suppose. I've spent much of my life going through the doors that open before me.

I explained this to my boss, but offered that I did have some fantasies for my life -- too nebulous to be goals, in my opinion. The curious bit is that the two scenarios I described regarded my home life and community.

The first scenario is one in which I own a private piece of land with a small cottage. I'm finding myself very comfortable in my efficiency apartment, so I'd like to minimize the structure's impact on the property. I also explained that I'd like this cottage to be convenient to a local community. I don't intend to be a hermit, but I do like solitude.

The second scenario was where I owned a large house in the city and invited my friends to come live with me -- a group home. I'd have my intentional family close by, with the excitement of the city near at hand.

My boss stopped me at this point. He pointed out that these scenarios concerned my domestic situation. We both found it kind of fascinating that my mind immediately leaped to that sort of question, rather than my career or relationships.

At the moment, though, I'm just waiting for the doors to open. I've closed some significant doors in the past year and half, and sometimes I wish I hadn't.