I'm a little crazy, is this news to anyone? Haha, really there is a huge crazy test that I took at the start of each journey. I'm assuming that by passing that means I'm not crazy. But really to pass it I think a person has to have some level of crazy in them. I know I'm doing this for all the right reasons, but I'm sure many people have a strong opinion on what I'm doing.
When I got pregnant with my son 7 years ago it was a huge surprise to me and his dad. We were not trying. For a couple like us to get pregnant all it takes is a six pack of beer and some flowers. For the type of couple I'm going to have a baby(s) for it takes sooooo much more than this. Before I got pregnant with Dean I didn't want kids. I was dead set on population control and not bringing kids into a world "like this". I couldn't afford a child at the time and I was young (25).
With in seconds of finding out I was pregnant all my views changed. I could add one more child to this over populated world. I was still only replacing his father and I with 1 human. That's still down sizing right?? Now that I was pregnant I could save all the money I was spending on going out and trips and just living a single life. All that money could be spent on my new obsession, "The Baby". What about love? I had so much love for this little embryo that I could have exploded. I'm surprised I didn't. So there you go- I could have this baby. I had the most perfect pregnancy and birth with Dean. I got a little morning sickness in the beginning and huge elephant ankles in the end, but that was it for the complaints. I basked is the attention and pampered myself every second of the way. I didn't want to miss or forget one second of it because I knew he was going to be my one and only.
After I had him I took all the effort I put into my pregnancy and put that effort into him. He was such a hard baby! He's so lucky I was available to him 24/7. There was no way I could leave him with a daycare with him being so colicky. So, I quit my job when he was 5 months. I went back to work for 2 months after my 3 months of staying home with him. Some people can't wait to get back to work and have some freedom. Some people think they're not themselves without a career. I wasn't myself with a career. My career is being a Mommy. Even if it's only to one little boy.
I wish I could justify having more children for myself. I'd be a great mom to them and there would be endless love for as many as I could bring to this world. But the Julie from pre-Dean still puts up a good fight. I shouldn't be over populating this already over populated world. We can only afford 1 child comfortably. I want Dean to have everything at his fingertips. I don't ever want him to NOT experience something because we don't have the money for it. By choosing to have him we chose to make sure he could have everything, like a college education. Plus- he HATES babies. I ask him all the time if he would like a little brother or sister and he says NO. So don't ever feel bad that he's being deprived of a sibling that he never wanted. I make sure he's around other kids all the time.
After having Dean I finally found something that I was really good at. Being pregnant was easy and something I really loved. "Too bad it's going to waste" was something I said a lot. When Dean was around 18 months old I was at the gym running on the treadmill and letting my mind wonder. I did all my best thinking on the treadmill. I was wondering what I would do if my legs didn't work for me the way they did. I take things for granted like that all the time. For the most part I have a very healthy body. I never need to see the doctor and I barely ever suffer from something as small as a cold. At that time I had just started getting my periods back regularly. I had breast fed Dean to 14 months. I went another 2 months without my period and then it started coming back like clock work.
I also thought about how there were families out there that couldn't have babies like I could so easily. It made me sad to think that if I loved Dean so much, and I didn't even try to have him, than the people out there trying like hell to have these babies that can't- must really really love them. (unfortunately that isn't always the case.) That's when I came up with the hair brain idea to start asking all my friends and family if they wanted me have a baby for them. I didn't want the baby, I just wanted to be pregnant again. Before this moment I had never once looked into knowing what surrogacy was. Didn't know, and didn't care. Once the thought entered my head I knew instantly I had to do it.
Gay couples. I had many gay friends in my life and had never had issues with the people being gay. If anything I would like to think of myself as an advocate for the gay communities. Doing this for a gay couple would be the best option for ME. This was a scenario that I could see myself in very comfortably. That's when I found Circle on line. It's a surrogate agency dealing mainly with the gay community. It was the first and only application that I filled out with an agency. I got shot down almost instantly. At the time I lived in NY and by law a person can not be a surrogate in the state of NY.
Long story short we were planning on moving back home to CO anyways. This just added fuel to the fire.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Birth Control to Have a Baby
This morning when I got up I had an e-mail from my newly appointed fertility clinic in CT. Now that contracts are signed!!!!!!! we go quickly into the start of the medical evaluation process. First things first- I have to go on birth control (ugh) to synchronize my period with the egg donors. By doing this we can do what's called a fresh transfer. I can explain that later. So I e-mailed the nurse coordinator back to tell her that low and behold I have started my period today and if I need to start the pill on my 3rd day they would need to send those pills asap so we wouldn't have to wait for my next period. Could that timing have been any better!?!?!?! I'm really really hoping this might have shaved a month off the wait before we do the transfer.
My next step is to go to CT for the doctor to evaluate my girly parts. Actually, I think my very next step is going to be to e-mail the dads and ask them if they know anything about the egg donor. If her contract is signed and is also starting the pill any week now we could potentially be looking at a end of November beginning of December transfer. I'm very motivated to get this process moving along, can you tell? I guess it stems from my last journey taking over a year and a half of transfers to finally get pregnant.
So I'm working with the law of attraction here. I'm only seeing a November/December transfer, and it working on the first try. It's got to happen that way. I'm also seeing the egg donor receiving a 20 perfect egg retrieval.
I am so excited! I still haven't met the dads. We've only talked on the phone. I think I'm going to see if they have time to Skype with me this weekend.
My next step is to go to CT for the doctor to evaluate my girly parts. Actually, I think my very next step is going to be to e-mail the dads and ask them if they know anything about the egg donor. If her contract is signed and is also starting the pill any week now we could potentially be looking at a end of November beginning of December transfer. I'm very motivated to get this process moving along, can you tell? I guess it stems from my last journey taking over a year and a half of transfers to finally get pregnant.
So I'm working with the law of attraction here. I'm only seeing a November/December transfer, and it working on the first try. It's got to happen that way. I'm also seeing the egg donor receiving a 20 perfect egg retrieval.
I am so excited! I still haven't met the dads. We've only talked on the phone. I think I'm going to see if they have time to Skype with me this weekend.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Contract is written!!!
So as of today I have received and approved the final contract. Now they just need to write a final draft and we all sign or lives away. I can't wait for this part to be over! Doing all the paperwork and contracts stuff is so boring and it take SOOO long. There were a few new things in this contract as opposed to my old contract that I found interesting. Like for one- I never thought to put a price on the potential loss of reproductive organs. It makes sense, if I was to end up needing a hysterectomy due to this pregnancy than I would need something to deal with the repercussions. I'm assuming I would need hormone treatment for the rest of my life, but I really don't know much on this subject. Also I never thought to get extra life insurance for the intended parents to receive if something were to happen to me AND the baby(s). So that was nice to see them covered as well. Not that anything would ever happen. The rest was just bla bla bla, legal jargon.
So here I am, insurance is approved and contract is ready to be signed on Monday. Next is the medical portion. I fly out to be evaluated by the chosen fertility doc. After that I get put on birth control and once my periods are synced with the egg donor I start with the other hormone therapy. I'm hoping that everything goes well and we can do this asap. Maybe as soon as end of November. Fingers crossed. One thing I learned from the last pregnancy is that we should never expect it to happen in a certain amount of time. Patience is key. My last journey took 3 transfers to happen. So from the time I met my baby daddies to the time I had the twins it took us 2 1/2 years.
I have a slight goal in mind. I would like to transfer the embryos by the first week of December. This way I have just the right amount of time to have the next baby(s) right before my son goes back to school. I would rather all the moms at my sons school NOT know I'm being a surrogate again. Last time it was so hard to drop him off and pick him up without everyone and their mother wanting to talk to me. It was awesome having that much support, but I would like to be more than a walking womb this time. I've told one of the moms so far and she's pretty excited that I'm doing it again, but I know she will have more than a pregnancy conversation with me too.
I've also slowly told my family again. I waited until I was matched with my new couple and knew for sure that I was doing it. I was going to wait till I was 3 months pregnant but I can't keep a secret to save my life. I can't keep a secret and I'm the worlds worst lire.
So here I am, insurance is approved and contract is ready to be signed on Monday. Next is the medical portion. I fly out to be evaluated by the chosen fertility doc. After that I get put on birth control and once my periods are synced with the egg donor I start with the other hormone therapy. I'm hoping that everything goes well and we can do this asap. Maybe as soon as end of November. Fingers crossed. One thing I learned from the last pregnancy is that we should never expect it to happen in a certain amount of time. Patience is key. My last journey took 3 transfers to happen. So from the time I met my baby daddies to the time I had the twins it took us 2 1/2 years.
I have a slight goal in mind. I would like to transfer the embryos by the first week of December. This way I have just the right amount of time to have the next baby(s) right before my son goes back to school. I would rather all the moms at my sons school NOT know I'm being a surrogate again. Last time it was so hard to drop him off and pick him up without everyone and their mother wanting to talk to me. It was awesome having that much support, but I would like to be more than a walking womb this time. I've told one of the moms so far and she's pretty excited that I'm doing it again, but I know she will have more than a pregnancy conversation with me too.
I've also slowly told my family again. I waited until I was matched with my new couple and knew for sure that I was doing it. I was going to wait till I was 3 months pregnant but I can't keep a secret to save my life. I can't keep a secret and I'm the worlds worst lire.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Insurance Explanation of Benefits and Exclusions Booklet
That's a mouth full to say every time you call someone or e-mail to ask for it. This booklet has been a HUGE thorn in my side for the past month. It is something that is VERY important that the lawyers have when drawing up the contract and legal forms between myself and the intended parents. In simple terms it tells them if my insurance will cover my surrogacy or not. I just wish someone (anyone) with UHC knew what I was talking about when I called and asked for it months ago.
Dean and I have been on the hugest wild goose chase to get this booklet for what seems like months now. I guess it has been months since I started doing paperwork to sign back up for this surrogacy back in July. I started out by calling my insurance company, you know the 800 # on the back of the card. I found out that every person I got on the phone would tell me a different story. One would say I had to go threw my husbands HR department to get the information she "thought" I was asking for. Everyones insurance plans are different and catered to which company the employee is getting it from, so only Deans work place would know their own plan. Another person from UHC that I got on the phone said I had to send them a letter in writing that asked for the plan and then UHC would take it under consideration and send me a copy. They said that it could take up to 10 weeks!!
So after all the confusion I found out that I DO have to go threw Deans HR department. But I can't do it, Dean has to call them and be the one that talks with his HR person. I can understand that. There's just one woman there and she is BUSY BUSY BUSY. A couple of months ago I wrote down all the different terms that this booklet is called and sent Dean to his HR department to find it.
Fast forward 2 months- I still have nothing. Twice a week I ask Dean if he's gotten the booklet yet. He keeps telling me: His HR woman's too busy, there just is not a booklet ever made- I'm crazy, they stopped making the booklet and I can find it on line. If I could find it online I would have done that months ago!!! I DID do that months ago!!!! I sent everything I found on line to the agency and none of it was good enough. It got to the point that we were fighting about it when he would come home from work.
Last week I had enough excuses why we couldn't get the booklet. I felt like Dean was sabotaging this journey that I was starting. He WAS the one that came to me saying I should do this again and had his blessing and support. I wasn't about to let everyone down over this. We're in crunch time, legal documents are waiting to be written over this. So I had someone from the agency call Dean and let him know how urgent this was. I know it was going to make him mad and cause a fight, but I had to do want I had to do. I really hated that this was out of my hands and it was wasting so much precious time. We did fight about it later on, and in the end- I got the booklet a few days later.
Don't worry, we're not fighting anymore. One thing I've learned from being a surrogate before is that it isn't all fluffy clouds and lolly pops. Dean wasn't sabotaging me in any way. He was just as frustrated as I was because his HR woman wasn't being helpful at all. She was making him feel guilty for calling and bugging her so much and really not trying to help us. Dean didn't want to tell her why he needed this booklet. The people at his workplace don't need to know all our personal business. Thanks to his HR woman they all know our business at Deans work and I really don't think that's fare to him.
At this very moment the booklet has been e-mailed to the person at the agency that's been asking for it. I'm just waiting for the verification that what I sent him IS indeed the right booklet. I've sent him so many things in the past couple of months that always turns out NOT to be the right thing that they are looking for, but "You're getting close" was something I heard every time.
Sometimes we really have to fight to make this happen. This is only the beginning, so I need to save some if this for the rest of the journey.
Dean and I have been on the hugest wild goose chase to get this booklet for what seems like months now. I guess it has been months since I started doing paperwork to sign back up for this surrogacy back in July. I started out by calling my insurance company, you know the 800 # on the back of the card. I found out that every person I got on the phone would tell me a different story. One would say I had to go threw my husbands HR department to get the information she "thought" I was asking for. Everyones insurance plans are different and catered to which company the employee is getting it from, so only Deans work place would know their own plan. Another person from UHC that I got on the phone said I had to send them a letter in writing that asked for the plan and then UHC would take it under consideration and send me a copy. They said that it could take up to 10 weeks!!
So after all the confusion I found out that I DO have to go threw Deans HR department. But I can't do it, Dean has to call them and be the one that talks with his HR person. I can understand that. There's just one woman there and she is BUSY BUSY BUSY. A couple of months ago I wrote down all the different terms that this booklet is called and sent Dean to his HR department to find it.
Fast forward 2 months- I still have nothing. Twice a week I ask Dean if he's gotten the booklet yet. He keeps telling me: His HR woman's too busy, there just is not a booklet ever made- I'm crazy, they stopped making the booklet and I can find it on line. If I could find it online I would have done that months ago!!! I DID do that months ago!!!! I sent everything I found on line to the agency and none of it was good enough. It got to the point that we were fighting about it when he would come home from work.
Last week I had enough excuses why we couldn't get the booklet. I felt like Dean was sabotaging this journey that I was starting. He WAS the one that came to me saying I should do this again and had his blessing and support. I wasn't about to let everyone down over this. We're in crunch time, legal documents are waiting to be written over this. So I had someone from the agency call Dean and let him know how urgent this was. I know it was going to make him mad and cause a fight, but I had to do want I had to do. I really hated that this was out of my hands and it was wasting so much precious time. We did fight about it later on, and in the end- I got the booklet a few days later.
Don't worry, we're not fighting anymore. One thing I've learned from being a surrogate before is that it isn't all fluffy clouds and lolly pops. Dean wasn't sabotaging me in any way. He was just as frustrated as I was because his HR woman wasn't being helpful at all. She was making him feel guilty for calling and bugging her so much and really not trying to help us. Dean didn't want to tell her why he needed this booklet. The people at his workplace don't need to know all our personal business. Thanks to his HR woman they all know our business at Deans work and I really don't think that's fare to him.
At this very moment the booklet has been e-mailed to the person at the agency that's been asking for it. I'm just waiting for the verification that what I sent him IS indeed the right booklet. I've sent him so many things in the past couple of months that always turns out NOT to be the right thing that they are looking for, but "You're getting close" was something I heard every time.
Sometimes we really have to fight to make this happen. This is only the beginning, so I need to save some if this for the rest of the journey.
Friday, September 3, 2010
It's official
I got an e-mail yesterday from the agency saying we were officially matched! I have new baby daddies! Now we just have to wait for our legal contracts to be written and signed and we can get started with the medical part of making this baby(s). So for now it's more waiting.......................... tick tock tick tock.
I also talked to one of the baby daddies today on the phone. We didn't get to talk that much the other day and it was great to just sit down and get to know each other one on one. I told him a lot of my back ground. Where I've lived and what I've done with my family for the past 10 years. He told me about his relationship and his work. He's such an interesting guy. He has a job that's much more exciting than my book keeping, that's for sure. I guess anything's more exciting than book keeping, lol. I can't wait to talk to him and learn more.
Now it's the other baby daddies turn. I can't wait to get some one on one phone time to get to know him too.
So I guess for right now I should enjoy being injection free. The shots are the only part I am NOT looking forward to. I am also glad I'm not pregnant just yet because I want to ski a couple times this season before that's out of the question. I was pregnant all of last winter and didn't get to go once.
This morning I woke up very motivated. I have a room in my basement that was covered in boxes that still needed unpacking and organizing. I've lived in my house for 1 1/2 years now, but have been putting it off. So now, thanks to hours of work, I have an area to organize all my pictures and keepsakes. My goal is to make photo albums and get a lot of them in frames to hang all over my bare walls. I also want to put together some scrapbooks for the twins. Something with photos from my life and from the time we were making them. I'm giving myself a goal of getting these made in time for their April 19th birthday. I hope that's enough time hahaha!
I also talked to one of the baby daddies today on the phone. We didn't get to talk that much the other day and it was great to just sit down and get to know each other one on one. I told him a lot of my back ground. Where I've lived and what I've done with my family for the past 10 years. He told me about his relationship and his work. He's such an interesting guy. He has a job that's much more exciting than my book keeping, that's for sure. I guess anything's more exciting than book keeping, lol. I can't wait to talk to him and learn more.
Now it's the other baby daddies turn. I can't wait to get some one on one phone time to get to know him too.
So I guess for right now I should enjoy being injection free. The shots are the only part I am NOT looking forward to. I am also glad I'm not pregnant just yet because I want to ski a couple times this season before that's out of the question. I was pregnant all of last winter and didn't get to go once.
This morning I woke up very motivated. I have a room in my basement that was covered in boxes that still needed unpacking and organizing. I've lived in my house for 1 1/2 years now, but have been putting it off. So now, thanks to hours of work, I have an area to organize all my pictures and keepsakes. My goal is to make photo albums and get a lot of them in frames to hang all over my bare walls. I also want to put together some scrapbooks for the twins. Something with photos from my life and from the time we were making them. I'm giving myself a goal of getting these made in time for their April 19th birthday. I hope that's enough time hahaha!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
First phone call with potential intended parents
Yesterday morning I had my first phone meeting with a set of potential intended parents. I had seen their profile and they had seen mine and we decided we would like to talk and see how it goes. We hit it off immediately. The conversations came so easy, it was like we had talked a million times before. That is definitely the connection that I am looking for. One that comes naturally. We talked for about an hour and I could have talked for hours more. They are such nice and very interesting guys. They seemed to like me a lot and were going to talk to the agency about a possible match being made. So right at the moment I'm waiting to hear from the agency on what steps to take next.
I remember from last time as a surrogate that this is the time where there's so much to do to get everything rolling. It seems like it takes so long, but really it's going by quickly. There are so many people working so hard to put this together. The match has to be made with not just me but an egg donor. Then all the legal contracts have to be written and signed 10 times. A fertility clinic has to be chosen.
One thing that the couple asked me from my experience was what would I like to give them for advice in the beginning. I told them that from what I had experienced with my prior family and the failed transfers we had is this: get an experienced donor with proven fertility. It does cost more to get a donor like that, but it costs even more to go threw failed transfers. Not to mention the emotional toll it takes on the parents. If anything it's a piece of mind to know that your egg donors eggs work.
It's so amazing when all this works and there are babies on this earth as a result of all the elements that have to come together perfectly to make them. The biggest element being love of course :)
I remember from last time as a surrogate that this is the time where there's so much to do to get everything rolling. It seems like it takes so long, but really it's going by quickly. There are so many people working so hard to put this together. The match has to be made with not just me but an egg donor. Then all the legal contracts have to be written and signed 10 times. A fertility clinic has to be chosen.
One thing that the couple asked me from my experience was what would I like to give them for advice in the beginning. I told them that from what I had experienced with my prior family and the failed transfers we had is this: get an experienced donor with proven fertility. It does cost more to get a donor like that, but it costs even more to go threw failed transfers. Not to mention the emotional toll it takes on the parents. If anything it's a piece of mind to know that your egg donors eggs work.
It's so amazing when all this works and there are babies on this earth as a result of all the elements that have to come together perfectly to make them. The biggest element being love of course :)
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
First blog on my second journey to becoming a surrogate
Since this is my second time around becoming a surrogate I want to make sure I'm documenting everything I can as it happens. I wish I had done this the first time and am making sure that I don't miss a thing. At the moment I am in the very beginning stage of meeting my next set of parents. I'm a little unique to this in the fact that I only want to do this for gay couples. I have some good and strong reasons for this being my choice. I'm sure I'll get to those some time throughout all my blogging.
My first surrogacy journey took over 2 years from start to finish with the result being 2 of the most perfect and beautiful baby girls. They are a little over 4 months old at the moment and the time since having them has flown right by. You would think I would want a break from being pregnant for a while, but I LOVE being pregnant. My pregnancy with the twins went so easy and smooth. Just like I had hoped. Their dads are 2 of the greatest people I have ever met. Being able to watch them as parents is a fulfillment that is indescribable. I am so proud of them and the amazing job they are doing as parents.
Seeing all this pan out and be just as I had hoped has made making the decision to do this one more time so easy. Watching them being dads, and seeing these beautiful babies makes it impossible to not want to do this for another couple. Someone out there is just like them, wanting so bad to be parents. They just need a little help. It is such an empowering thing to give someone the gift of life. I just can't wait to do it again.
I have signed onto an agency that connects surrogates, egg donors and intended parents to one another. They are the same agency that I used the first time and they did such a wonderful job matching me with the perfect couple that I am using them again for this journey. It's a HUGE process just to get to the point of being matched. I have to give them all my prior doctors records. All my insurance info to make sure my insurance doesn't have any clauses to deny me during the pregnancy. I have to fill out some paperwork and then take the MMPI test. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is a 560+ question true or false test that determines a persons personality and what I like to call their crazy level. lol. During all this I have filled out a profile with pictures for intended parents to look at. The intended parents also fill out a profile for me to look at. Kind of like a dating service.
For me, what I am looking for is quite simple. Someone or ones who want to give a child or children love. They also have to be willing to have an open relationship with me so the children will always know me.
For them, what they are looking for is a little different. They want someone young with low BMI. Someone with proven fertility, meaning that I have had a healthy pregnancy resulting in a healthy child. They want someone that will eat healthy while pregnant and all those obvious things. They also need someone who loves being pregnant, because who would do this if they didn't love being pregnant? Most people think anyone who likes being pregnant is crazy, hence the MMPI test. lol
So I received an e-mail last week of a profile of potential intended parents. From what I read and saw they seemed like a couple that I really would love to meet. I contacted the agency to let them know I would love to set up a phone call meeting and found out that they also wanted to meet me. :) In the e-mail I sent back I said I would love to talk to them at 9am my time the next morning. I meant to say their time which is a 2 hour difference. The next morning I realized that I had written the time wrong and called them to make sure they weren't sitting by the phone wondering why I hadn't called. What a great first impression. I told them I was sorry, just making sure the time was for when it should and I had to run my son off to school. Geeezz- anyone who knows me can see this happening. So I called them 1 1/2 hours later for our real meeting. I must have looked like such a ditz.
It's getting late. I'l write about the phone meeting in my next blog...............................
My first surrogacy journey took over 2 years from start to finish with the result being 2 of the most perfect and beautiful baby girls. They are a little over 4 months old at the moment and the time since having them has flown right by. You would think I would want a break from being pregnant for a while, but I LOVE being pregnant. My pregnancy with the twins went so easy and smooth. Just like I had hoped. Their dads are 2 of the greatest people I have ever met. Being able to watch them as parents is a fulfillment that is indescribable. I am so proud of them and the amazing job they are doing as parents.
Seeing all this pan out and be just as I had hoped has made making the decision to do this one more time so easy. Watching them being dads, and seeing these beautiful babies makes it impossible to not want to do this for another couple. Someone out there is just like them, wanting so bad to be parents. They just need a little help. It is such an empowering thing to give someone the gift of life. I just can't wait to do it again.
I have signed onto an agency that connects surrogates, egg donors and intended parents to one another. They are the same agency that I used the first time and they did such a wonderful job matching me with the perfect couple that I am using them again for this journey. It's a HUGE process just to get to the point of being matched. I have to give them all my prior doctors records. All my insurance info to make sure my insurance doesn't have any clauses to deny me during the pregnancy. I have to fill out some paperwork and then take the MMPI test. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is a 560+ question true or false test that determines a persons personality and what I like to call their crazy level. lol. During all this I have filled out a profile with pictures for intended parents to look at. The intended parents also fill out a profile for me to look at. Kind of like a dating service.
For me, what I am looking for is quite simple. Someone or ones who want to give a child or children love. They also have to be willing to have an open relationship with me so the children will always know me.
For them, what they are looking for is a little different. They want someone young with low BMI. Someone with proven fertility, meaning that I have had a healthy pregnancy resulting in a healthy child. They want someone that will eat healthy while pregnant and all those obvious things. They also need someone who loves being pregnant, because who would do this if they didn't love being pregnant? Most people think anyone who likes being pregnant is crazy, hence the MMPI test. lol
So I received an e-mail last week of a profile of potential intended parents. From what I read and saw they seemed like a couple that I really would love to meet. I contacted the agency to let them know I would love to set up a phone call meeting and found out that they also wanted to meet me. :) In the e-mail I sent back I said I would love to talk to them at 9am my time the next morning. I meant to say their time which is a 2 hour difference. The next morning I realized that I had written the time wrong and called them to make sure they weren't sitting by the phone wondering why I hadn't called. What a great first impression. I told them I was sorry, just making sure the time was for when it should and I had to run my son off to school. Geeezz- anyone who knows me can see this happening. So I called them 1 1/2 hours later for our real meeting. I must have looked like such a ditz.
It's getting late. I'l write about the phone meeting in my next blog...............................
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