Saturday was supposed to be a fun, adventurous day just my husband and I. We were going to go to Scottsdale, meet with a gentleman about real estate and hopefully my husband would be working full time, making a living at something he could be really good at.
Friday night, after Carli and I got home from school/work, I decided I'd check into the business and see what it was all about. I had a babysitter already lined up for the next morning for Carli and was looking forward to spending some quality time alone with my husband and other like-minded individuals (or so I thought).
As it turns out, the 'business' is an Multi-level Marketing scheme, charging people $16,000 to attend their 'college'. Well, we certainly don't have that kind of money lying around, to throw around. The further I checked into it, the more apprehensive I became.
I told my husband, "There is no way in Hell we are going to see this guy!" I got the phone number of this charlatan, hoping he wouldn't answer my call - he didn't and I was able to leave him a message politely telling him that I was canceling our 9 a.m. appointment in the morning, that I had done some research into his business and decided it wasn't for us, bye! I was afraid he was going to call back and demand to know why we weren't coming after all. Fortunately, he never did call me back.
I was so disappointed and upset because I was hoping that this was an answer to our prayers. Turns out it was a 'get-rich' quick scheme that would only drive us further into debt. Something I was not willing to do, now or ever!
Also, the babysitter fell through Friday night. She'd come down with a sore throat and a headache and I told her that she didn't have to watch Carli after all and what had transpired. I was disappointed on both levels and wondered if God had conspired against us for trying to go to this meeting. I really don't think he was, he doesn't seem to be the type of being that would do that sort of thing. The other sad fact was that my husband was most disappointed in all of this and seemed to have had his faith shaken somewhat.
Today is much better. Sunday has dawned and things are not exactly looking up, but are looking brighter. That's not to say we're still not disappointed in how this all turned out, we know now that we need to be more careful and be grateful we didn't dive into this pit.
