Well, Stopdog, it's all relative and somewhat subjective. I think what we're talking about here isn't the technical definition of a favor, but the feeling of imposing on someone by asking for what we want or need. And those are feelings I had asking my favors above.

I forgot to mention she has declined some of my requests. One was during a week where we planned daily check ins around a difficult houseguest situation. I asked if we could just use one long email thread for continuity. She declined, saying having to bill such a large sum for one thread would violate the structure that she'd set. Instead we did once daily emails. It was very hard for me to hear the no, but more because I was in a rough spot and feeling like I needed to control everything.