Our Married Life

I passed some of my mucous plug today. So I guess should pay attention on whether not my water breaks or if my contractions become frequent. It could be days or weeks still, but at least I’m making progress. Gotta get that bag ready to go asap!

Nothing new other than we survived our last roadtrip for awhile. Traffic on 35 coming home was horrible as usual. Thankfully there wasn’t an accident, it could have been much worse. I experienced BH contractions every 20 minutes or so during the drive back. It definitely freaked us out.

I saw the doctor this morning and it looks like I’m 1cm dilated and the cervix is starting to thin out. Baby is also heads down as she should be. I need to start wearing a wrist brace to keep my carpal tunnel issues stabilized. It’s starting to get painful to do anything with my right hand. Other than that, the appointment was uneventful. We see the doctor again next week.

Our biggest to-do is to pick a pediatrician. Install the carseat and fully pack up my hospital bag. I semi packed one, but I really need to make sure it has everything we need for the baby as well.

I also need to start walking daily so this baby can come in on time.

In this day and age of the internet, why offer a daily deal via the web and not be able to uphold the deal. You’ll just make yourself and your business look bad.

Secondly, small/local merchants are probably overwhelmed by the level of responses when they offer these kinds of deals.

I was totally impressed with Jenny Leigh Photography’s portfolio. Sooo, when I saw the deal on Living Socials I purchased it immediately. It was the perfect timing with the new baby and all. I sent an email through her contact form about a month ago. Silence. Then I called her a few times. Silence. Sent another email today and no response. As a professional service you get most of your business by word of mouth, and if you don’t respond to inquiries, customers become pissed off or are worried. Especially if they’ve already spent some money in hopes of receiving said services. Ok, it is holiday season and photographers are typically busy around this time. I understand. A simple return message doesn’t take more than 1-2 minutes.

Anyway, I called Living Socials and they told me the merchant was no longer accepting the vouchers and they offered me a refund.

I then went on to her FB page posting my experience and dis-satisfaction. She promptly deleted the message and posted something to the effect that she’s still accepting these vouchers. Whether one party is giving the right info doesn’t matter at this point. Not only am I a pissed off consumer, but I certainly don’t want her services regardless of what is true or not. Photography is sooo personal, and the last thing I want is to work with someone who’s just trying to appease me. How awkward is that.

Thankfully, I have other options to fall back on. There are way too many hungry photographers out there willing to take my business even if it means paying full price for it.

EDIT: Got a call from the folks at Jenny Leigh. They weren’t sure why Living Socials was telling people they were no longer accepting vouchers. Secondly, they checked the call logs and never got a call from me. I called twice. The only correspondence they received was from yesterday’s email. I told them I also put in a contact request via their website back in September. They’re going to look into that issue.
They wanted to mitigate this situation by offering me a free session in the first week of January. I told her I would think about it, but because of the circumstances, it would be too awkward and it’s unlikely that I would take them up on it. Maybe I acted too hasty, but the reason why I got upset is because I was supposedly given the wrong information by Living Socials. Oh well. I am already at the point of seeking out a new photographer, and I don’t want to have to mess with this situation any further.

I wish we had digital images to share but oh well. Here’s a preview of our photo session from the other day. Can’t wait to get actual prints from them.

Just had a Chick Fila Spicy wrap. Halfway through eating, the heartburn or pain starts shooting up. Feel like dying right now. I feel like an idiot pacing around my aisle at work. Someone offered to get my yogurt or ice cream to cool it down. :-p

Just got around to looking into our out of pocket costs. According to the UHC medical estimator, my OB and her partners are apparently the top 5 most expensive doctors in the DFW area. Not Frisco or Plano, DALLAS. This baby better be delivered with gold dust on her. Thank goodness for good insurance coverage.

I’m ready to see this little girl of ours :-)