OpenCoderX

You are not being overly pedantic, writing about the maintenance procedures and goals when maintaining nuclear medical equipment is technical writing, a Neil Stephenson novel is not.

Focus on the client projects until you complete enough work that you can status them and let them know you are on vacation for a few days, use the vacation to focus on the relationship. How many days required to get the client projects to a point that they can spend a few days reviewing the completed work?