Is this a Sign?

So, in yesterday's mail, I received a check that I wasn't expecting. (Note to newbies . . . I get all of my payment through the mail, so getting a check is not a surprise. Getting one that is not on my list of what I am expecting IS. I keep pretty tight, accurate lists.) It wasn't a small check either. I could NOT figure out what it was paying me for, so today I called the company and asked them to send me the invoice it paid. When I got it, I realized it was PRE-paying me for a job ( a first in 20 years). I called the editor and she told me that in 20 years of working at the company, she had NEVER had anyone call and say they had been overpaid. :) I told her it was the honest thing to do, which it is, but in all honesty, I didn't want to plop it in my account and have fun with it (yea, fun . . . like medical bills and the IRS) and then have a man in a black trenchcoat appear on my front door with a menacing smile later.

Anyway, the editor said to keep it and I would work it off later when the project resumed. (Another first.) And now, the laptop that I wanted to take to Texas with me but felt guilty about spending the money on is most likely going home with me after all.

A sign? Good karma? Whatever . . . . I will just take time to appreciate.