The Mess I Call My Life

Today's mission was to go out to a job doing some file organizing. I have been working with this gal for a few weeks now and it would be great to get it finished. The problem with people who work from home is that they have things they don't like doing and its like pulling teeth to get to the last teeny bits. At some point it will become crucial and then the race will be on to get things finished ASAP. Well, today was like it just wasn't supposed to happen. I got ready to go, left close to the time that I had planned, drove out and tried to turn the corner and nearly drove right into construction. A little mental gymnastics got me heading in the right, but long way round to her house. As I drove it became clear that road construction was going to cause me to be late no matter which way I went. So, sat back and tried not to get toooo frustrated, About a block from the house I suddenly realized that I didn't have my wallet in my bag, it was sitting on the counter at home. O Brother!!! now I have to calm down again, I'm starting to think that I am going to be in terrible shape and I'm the one needing to have a clear head for working with a disorganized client. Then I got there and my usual parking spot was taken, I went down the street a ways and still nothing. Then I turned the corner and got further away and boy was I frustrated and the missing purse was really on my mind. Now I'm thinking that this might not be the best for either of us for today. I decided to go home and get it and maybe start over again, tried to call her but the phone was tied up, left a message which she responded to and we had a chat about this. All the time she had was this couple of hours for the week. Schedules are colliding for the rest of the week. This is where it gets dicey, when the work needs to get done and I get the impression that the client isn't that interested. Maybe I am having a problem with that aspect; when clients aren't interested then its really difficult to show them how to keep any system going on a daily basis, independently. Wanted to report on how well this went and that its tied up now. Happy customer :) but not in the cards for today at least :( Meg P.S. As for me, when I was waiting for the car to get one of the estimates, and had my dog out walking, we found a Monk's stationery store. I went in to check it out, loooove stationery, they have office furniture also and I found exactly what I need if I am going to do a reno on the spare room and want to tear out the closet. It is a perfect sized wardrobe that holds a few clothes and lots of drawer/bunk style storage for company who only needs enough to stay a few days, floor to ceiling. What a find!!!