Wow, so that was a little bit embarrassing. One thing is for sure: I am never taking Jake with me to a meeting with Landers again. I should have known better, but I thought that since they knew I was a stay-at-home mom and wanted to stay that way. However, in retrospect, I should have known he would be a major distraction.

I met Landers at a local deli - we couldn't meet at an office because he doesn't have one. I set Jake up in a high chair with some Cheerios and we got down to business. He loved the idea of my sending emails in increments, and told me that once an hour with a summary of any information from the calls was great - as long as I would still send on any important information or any clients that are particularly demanding about getting an immediate call back or reporting a problem. So that was good.

However, that is when things started to go downhill. Jake pitched a fit - and I mean a serious fit. I guess he got bored in the high chair. Ultimately, we had to agree to continue the meeting by phone later because I had to get him out of there and we could barely talk anyway. Landers mentioned that he was "amazed" that I was able to do the work that they asked while tending a 2-year-old full time. I'm not sure whether that was admiration or concern that poor Jake may be drowning out their customers when they call.

I'm due to get on the phone with Elena tomorrow to go over billing, since I'll be taking that over next week. I may need to find someone to entertain Jake while I do that so I can concentrate.