I would never sign a contract with a person that can't share in my passion. Seems like it would make her happy to see you get excited about something.
It might just be a ton of stress with her job and being away right now.
My girl gets upset when I'm the one saying that we don't have room for a new snake right now. I guess I'm lucky.
She is really going to pissed about the Tarantulas :p
Good luck and I hope you guys get everything worked out.