"Alright, yeah," Cathy says, nodding. "Sounds like a plan. That'll give me time to change, anyway." Maybe they won't be going out somewhere too fancy yet, though the promise of that is somewhat bolstering in itself, for the moment, just drowning out the part of her that wants to think that it probably won't really happen. Still, wherever they settle on going, she'd like the chance to wear something a little nicer, to get herself cleaned up a bit. This seems like the sort of thing she ought to try to make the most of, to hold onto while she can. Once he gets published, chances are, this won't be happening again for a long time.