Launched a couple more sites last week for sister companies in the cleaning business. ROC Commercial Cleaning is focused on commercial cleaning, while RighTouch Residential Cleaning is focused on residential cleaning. Bet you couldn’t guess by their names, huh?

I’m looking forward to getting paid for them—it sounds like it might take 60 days (need to try to re-negotiate with the client on that one; I don’t remember talking about payment times, but I was expecting 30 days.) The upside is that, if I wait 60 days, I can afford my MacBook without having to worry about deductions to give me enough money. The downside, of course, is that I have to wait 60 days for the computer. Ah well.

We’re still working on the whole process—the company I’m contracting through doesn’t have a lot of experience with web design. There’s a few kinks to work out, but I’m optimistic. And I do like the work. Most of the time. And the money—but I like that all of the time.

Today, I got donuts from one of the ladies at work as a "thank you" for the Blogging 101 class I did a couple of weeks ago. That was quite the surprise. And, boy, were they good! Somehow she knew of my love for devil's food cake donuts with chocolate frosting... MMMMMM...

Oh yeah, I also got hired full-time. I've been working part-time since I started there, first as an intern and then as a regular employee. I got a call from my supervisor earlier this week, and he told me that they wanted me to come on for a full 40 hours with benefits. I was very excited, to say the least.

Asta and I looked at the (very good) benefits package last night, and I have to say that benefits just boggle me. They're so odd; super-cool, but odd. Seriously, I just don't comprehend... Vacation time? You mean I get paid even if I'm not at work? And health insurance? Sure, there's a few different options to choose from, but Asta and I have been on temporary insurance since last summer. And don't even get me started on the idea of a company match on retirement funds.

Anyway, I'm pretty excited about it. I'm also working on a couple of really cool projects, so that's fun. I actually ended up working today, though I haven't on Fridays in the past, because my Grandma's 75th birthday party is next Friday and I won't have built up vacation time (?!?) by then.

As a parting gift, take a look at this picture of what Asta and I worked on for a bit last week:

Is it possible that we have a problem?