Contract

After too much consideration, I went and mentioned to my boss that my contract ends tomorrow. He responded with a confused stare. Apparently he had not just forgotten when my contract was ending, but had entirely forgotten that I even had a contract.
He said he’d get someone to put the paper work through to make me permanent.
I asked if we shouldn’t have a meeting about it.
He said yeah and that he’d try to organize something for tomorrow or maybe the next day (that is, the day after my contract expires).
I probably should have been more assertive and pushed for having a meeting today or tomorrow, but I didn’t. This sucks because the day after my contract ends is already starting to look rather busy, what with accompanying an elderly person to a dentist appointment at the hospital in the morning, possibly going to work sans contract for the day, and then I probably have a job interview in the afternoon.
The job interview is important. It’s for the sort of position I’m actually looking for, one where I can register as an Engineer-in-Training (EIT), and learn stuff, and have a mentor, and do actual engineering work.
So now I’m going to have to explain that I no longer want to work here to a boss that seems to assume my continued employment here is already a done deal, all while somehow attempting not to burn any bridges behind me.
This is all very troubling to me.