By: Kelly Rummelhart
Oh my gosh- my world is upside down at the moment. One of my colleagues passed away and I have been hired as a long-term temp so I can teach most of his classes this semester. I have dreamed of getting his job for the last nine years but I was hoping he would be cruising with his wife of 44 years during a long and happy retirement . . . not this.
This last week has been chaos, trying to get ready to take over his classes with a different text than I usually use, running my store, getting ready for my kids to go back to school, leaving for the weekend for a family event . . . CHAOS! I am at a place in my life right now where I’d like to just go to bed and wake up a few weeks from now, but that isn’t possible.
One thing that is a bright sun in an otherwise stormy time was meeting my Intended Parents in LA this week. They are amazing and I’m in love with them. Rick and I flew down to meet them for lunch on Wednesday. We met up with them around noon and never stopped talking until we had to leave for our flight around 7:00 that night. I love when that happens. When you wonder what the heck you’ll do for that many hours then you blink your eyes and it’s over.
I am excited to report that they are okay with me blogging about our journey together; I will just use their initials. So M and S have already chosen an egg donor and she is being screened. I should hear from my RE soon about possible dates of starting meds and transfers, etc. I am hoping for an October or November transfer so I can deliver during summer break. That way it won’t interfere too much with my teaching gig, which now has become a little bigger. Someone asked me if I will still do the surrogacy now that I’ve been hired full time with my college. I smiled and reminded them that teaching at “full pay” is awesome, but I don’t do surrogacy just for the money. Now that I will make more money as a full time temp than being a surrogate, I will NOT be dumping my IPs. We are still going forward and after meeting them, I’m more excited than ever.
Your plate is certainly full. I assume you have a competent person to run your store and the rest is all you. Busy, I say but doing things I can tell you love.
Hello!!! My name is Jessica, and am a big fan of your blog….I really want to be a surrogate mother and have applied with growing generations. I have been accepted to the next step, which is turning in all the paperwork…Just wonderin if you can give some advise on what to expect on the psychology and medical screening…
Thank you
Congrats Jessica! I am so excited for you. You can find a blog on both physical and psychological on my own blog. Here’s the link. Check it out here- http://justthestork.blogspot.com/2011/07/screening-part-2-psychological.html
Good Luck!