I am writing from the house of the perpetual runny nosy. Stop laughing, 'snot funny. Teehee. But at least I'm not sick, yet anyway. I have never held my own against a houseful of germs this long. I'm usually the first to get sick.
Today I stayed home from work with my boys because I couldn't take them to daycare with runny noses. (another dilemma - I have no formal payment arrangements with my day care provider, which is actually a pre-school. Should I offer to pay even though the boys didn't go? The center is not full, so it's not like they would have taken another child in my kids' place...not sure the proper etiquette). I thought I might actually enjoy playing hooky from work today, but the boys were pretty miserable still. Ds1 fell asleep on the couch at 5:30. We put him to bed about an hour ago. I'm not sure how well he will sleep since he missed dinner...or how early he will get up. I might be miserable tomorrow too
I did manage to get quite a bunch of little things done.
-I called back a prospective client and set up an appt. to show houses on Wed.
-I took an online course in a new lead generation program my broker is offering. Basically, whenever someone visits out website and asks for more info, the details are forwarded right to our cell phone. We are supposed to call them back within 15 minutes. Good concept, we'll see how it works.
-I left messages for two other clients who I have had a hard time reaching - just wanted to let them know that I was still available.
-I made the arrangements to switch my Janus Roth IRA over to my Ameritrade IRA. I have had the Janus for close to 10 years (my parents opened them for us with $500 in the late 90's as a gift!). I contributed an additional $200 and after all this time I have...about $600. It's been awful. We are doing a lot better in our Ameritrade Roths, so that's where the money is going.
-I cancelled my membership in Travelers Advantage after receiving my $25 AM Ex gift cheque.

I've been on the phone a lot. Especially with my new prospective client, an older gentleman who sounds very nice, but perhaps a bit lonely. I think he appreciated my time

Tomorrow I head off to Rochester for a conference on autism. My agency is paying for it, but the conference has not received the check yet. I guess there is the possibility that they will turn us away at the door...that would be a wasted trip. But I think as long as we have our agency approval form, they will allow us to register. Anyway, I'll be gone all day to that. I am going with a co-worker, so we'll try to make a fun day out of it. 'Course, after today, I'm just happy to get out of the house
Oh yeah, forgot to mention my happy news - I am going to open not only a Health Care Savings Plan, but also a Dependent Care Savings Plan so that I can use my money pre-tax to pay for those things. The best part? Just for opening the Dep. Care acct, I will get a $500 contribution from my employer. This isn't even a match, so I technically don't have to put in ANYTHING to get $500 for free! I had to call to confirm this as it just seemed too good to be true, but it is! free money, free money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!