Martha

So if she doesn't give a good reference, do you still get the job?

Good to hear! You will be just fine....you are so prepared! Of to look at pictuers!

You paid $12 for Xel-Ha? Get out of town! Are you serious? That is super cheap! A bus would be fine, but I forgot one of the guys Jay works with has a cousin who lives in the Tulum area and owns a taxi and it SUPPOSED to give us a good deal...we will see on that one!

Not to threadjack, but I have a question RE: the clear stickers. Because the color is clear, does the color of the ink still show up okay? We were going to use the paper ones, but I am afraid the condensation would ruin them so I think clear would be better. Just curious about the ink.

Colorado is Mountain time, right? Maybe she took a late lunch? Or maybe she is still in shock?

Quote: Originally Posted by becks Um... actually, no. But if you want a killer paper on the disparate experiences of American WWII soliders in Europe vs. those in Asia, you can have my senior thesis from undergrad. I think I also have one on the use of independent contractors by MicroSoft and whether by legal definition they should have been eligible for benefits and stock compensation. And, of course, the EVER fascinating discussion on the hidden implications of footnotes in the financial statements of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company. Oh, yeah... I can write me some page turners! omg! You are funny! I don't even know what most of that means! On another board I belong to we have a "stars" smiley....it's a smiley face guy with starts going all around his head like he is confused. We need that guy here. I will just pretend we have him.... :stars: ha!

We are not going to stop....we should change the title to "Let's Praise Becks!" Seriously, you are the sweetest! I definitely owe you that cocktail! When you start having kids, I can provide free tutoring or something! ha! Or when I graduate in August (thanks to you), I can provide some free counseling. Again, THANK YOU!

We will do one one day and the other the next day. I think they allow like 5 or 7 days to do the second excursion. Thanks guys, you have been very helpful! And my typo on the title bar is annoying me.

I just recenlty have gotten my energy back. I was sooooooo tired the first 19 or 20 weeks!

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan the hotel has travel reps you can book trips through. they are usually seated in the hotel lobby. Ours was in the lobby bar. You can book your own thing but they just made it harder for us. We tried to get a cab & the guy stopped us & said we had to get a van through him for twice as much. we had to sneak past him & hop in a cab. the hotel staff was supposed to direct us to this guy when we wanted to plan something, but we got them to let us bypass him & just call our own cab. have you priced transportation? it's a far trip so you might want to make sure that's affordable before you buy anything. [email protected] I was super happy with these guys. we chartered 2 vans for 20 people for $340. That was do go from puerto aventuras to coba. You can get a quote for cancun to xel-ha. I think xel-ha has a shuttle + enterence fee price. I have heard they make a lot of stops. it was nice having our own van to go at our own schedule. We are not very far from Xel-ha at all...I think like a 10-15 drive. So, the cabs are just waiting outside the resorts? I never remember seeing them before. But then again, I never paid attention. I want this to be hassle-free, or without much hassle.

Quote: Originally Posted by Jacqueline omg please, i am THE worst speller. well our hotel we could book excursions right there... and they had buses but we took cabs cuz it was faster, cuz the buses stop at other hotels... Ahhh, good point! Ya, we were just planning on taking a cab! Thanks, Jaq! Quote: Originally Posted by Tlseege We booked our Xel-ha tickets on-line and it worked like a charm! It was really nice to not have to bring that much cash with us (we swam with the dolphins). Plus, it's cheaper! Did you book on the Xel-ha website? I also don't want to take so much cash with us and the prices are good! I want the package deal with Xel-ha and Xcaret!

Quote: Originally Posted by Morgan you are flying funjet right? i'd probably book it online & plan it all out myself instead of going through lomas (who funjet contracts too). They were the only vendors during our trip that I didn't like. They lied to us constantly & were horribly unorganized. The lomas rep kept trying to sell us a xel-ha package for $75 per person. Not sure how that price compares. We were not interested because we had the coba trip planned. We made the mistake of telling our bellhop we had a trip planned to coba. he told us our tour provider was banned. They will try to get you to cancel so they can book you something. The lomas guy tried to cancel our groups deep sea fishing trip. Since we had a party of 25 he was relentless trying to sell us something. He tried to keep us from getting a cab to go to Paamul for snorkeling. My advice would be to avoid the lomas guys as much as you can & keep your planned excursions a secret from him. I don't think it was just our guy. I've heard similar things about Lomas. The next day he said he could get a price less than $75 since we were a group. I don't know if this is good or not. We were not interested. He was pretty mad when he saw we went to coba the next day. he told us we messed up & he could have got us the trip for $400. We had paid $340 and had very professional drivers. sorry, i'm ranting. that guy really angered me. Does the online price include transportation? You might want to see what kind of transportation deal you can get. id it your whole group going? Thank you for this, Morgan! I was just going to book online at the Xel-Ha website and not through funjet. I wonder if it makes a difference? I should check out pricing? That Lomas guy is crazy! I have heard nothing but great things about Lomas, I will definitely keep a watchful eye out! We booked a group fishing trip and the rep from the fishing tour said to not tell Lomas about our trip because they will call and cancel it and try to get us to rebook with them. That is crazy! I guess they don't care and they just want to make money. We are going to Xel-Ha and Xcaret before everyone gets there. We get there 3 days before everyone else....I know some people in our group want to go, so we may end up going again after they get there. Thanks for the tip, Morgan!

Oh! That looks so fun!!! I am so excited now! Those pictures are great, thank you for sharing! Okay, crazy question...what does the hotel have to do with the excursions? I figured we would just get our own transportation. I just realized I spelled "excursions" wrong in the title!

Karma, that is crazyness! Alterations are expensive. I wonder how much my lady is charging me? She wouldn't let me give her a deposit....she doesn't want any money until her clients are 100% happy. That's nice of her. Guess I should have asked for an estimate! Jess, that's exactly how I was....it will pass. Nothing still sounds appealing, but at least the nasuea is gone!

Rebecca was able to help me with my stats stuff....oh, what do I mean "help?" She did it for me....and like all under an hour. It was a lot of work, but she knocked it out so quick! I got pie charts, percentages and everything! Becks, you rock and I seriously have no idea how I will ever be able to repay you! I owe you BIG time!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Jacqueline i think portia is absolut. beautiful! and i love ellen, i think shes hil-lar-rious! good im happy for them. i remember i heard they broke up around the same time ellen had that break down on tv and they said that the breakup had something to do withher emotions, but u cant believe anything u read right? YAY im glad. She had a break down on tv? Like on her show??

That's awful. You are better off not working with her!

I was looking at the Xel-Ha and Xcaret websites and it seems much cheaper to just book onlne. Has anyone done this with success? I would hate to do it then to be told once we get there they were invalid or something crazy like that. ETA: This was my 2000th post! ha!

oh, that sucks....but thanks for the reminder. I need to put this info in my newsletter!

Oh, well it was perfect timing! I am sure it was funny! How have you been feeling?

Not sure, but you might wanna search for his name and see what comes up. On the top right of this page is a "search" button, just type in Dino and see what comes up. Good luck!

Fire? ha! How old is he, Jessalyn? I am so happy there are so many pregos!

Quote: Originally Posted by FutureMrsB Just got back from the dr. They did the 20 week u/s today. Hannah is perfectly healthy. I'm so relieved and happy. I've gained 5 pounds this month alone. I think I'm at about 15 pounds total so far. I picked up my dress yesterday and it's fantastic. I can't believe she transformed the size 10 dress to fit me and belly. It's amazing what a corset back can do. The alterations were about $500 but totally worth it, cause I really wanted to wear my dress. The dress is form fitting and my baby belly actually looks really cute in it. I was all alone so didn't get pictures. :-( Oh man! That's a lot of money to get it altered! eek! That's a lot of Mexico spending money, but it's worth it because you love it! Can't wait to see pictures!!! Quote: Originally Posted by cheese_diva I believe it's something your doctor would tell you. I just assumed mine was in the "correct" spot because otherwise he would have said something but I think I'll ask next week. True. I am going to ask next week just to make sure. Quote: Originally Posted by SusanK I can't wait to see all you ladies in your wedding dresses. You are going to be beautiful! I feel like a beached whale, but I have to keep reminding myself that I am PREGNANT. I am so grateful to be pregnant that you would think the ugly self conceptions of myself would just go away! Quote: Originally Posted by SusanK I had a couple a few nights ago, but nothing painful. I'm 1cm dilated (as of Tuesday), but feeling great. In fact, I just got home from the gym. I know it could be any time now, so I should probably being resting up- but then I have too much time to think and I get really freaked out. So I'm just trying to keep myself as busy as possible. Yay!!! I can't wait til Little Mia gets here!!! Hey, I see Jessalyn is pregnant too! We need to get her posting in here! Sarah too!

I kept feeling like I was going to start my period also.....nope! I was prego!

Quote: Originally Posted by RiuBride2b I actually bought another dress, because the one I had was tight fitting I needed something with more room. It just came in 2 weeks ago. I am going to try it on when I get home from work. I feel like I am going to be HUGE in a month as well, so I ordered the dress in a size 12 when I am really a size 10. What about you, does your dress still fit? I had to cancel my first dress bcause I knew there was no way it would fit when I was 6 months pregnant. Luckily I was able to cancel it before it was shipped. I ordererd a neqw one a few months ago...I ordered it 2 sizes too big so that I knew it would fit the belly. It is huge up top, but I am getting it altered. It is a very flowy dress so that I am comfy. You have to post pictures when you try it on today!