Whirlwind

Okay, so the checklist was coming along very nicely.


-Visited my local doc for pre-travel visit.

-Booked our flights. It took forever to get the seats we wanted.

-Booked our hotels.

-Based on hormone levels (mine and the egg donor's,) we had a firm date to be at the clinic

- we added 3 days on each side of the travel date, just in case.

-Headed to Mumbai on Oct 7 Arrive in Mumbai Oct 8.

-Sent a wire transfer for the initial payment for services.

-Ordered a small amount of Rupees, so we will have a some local cash on hand when we landed.

-Bought Amex travelers checks to pay the clinic.

And then our world changed. No more in sync cycling. After an unbelievable 19 hours of fast and furious e-mails to our clinic, we now have a new egg donor and new dates to be in India.


EARLIER DATES!!! How the hell do we do earlier?? Earlier!?! are you kidding me?



But earlier it is. So then there was a mad dash to change flights to be there a week earlier, and leave a week later. But true to form no seats available a week earlier. No seats on the one week later return flight. Finally found seats on a flight leaving 9 days earlier than originally planned. Found seats on a return flight 4 days earlier than planned. So we have now an extra five days on our trip.



First on the new and improved to-do list is deciding (and quickly) how and where we want to spend the extra 5 days.



The emotional-

Stay calm. Stay calm. Every little bump is a cause for panic. The journey to Drucilla has been so long and still so many unknowns and uncertainties. At different points, both TechnoGeek and I have fallen completely apart in the last 24 hours. Luckily our meltdowns were at different times. Back on track and moving forward!