That’s What Friends Are For.

13.01.09 - Tuesday

For Day Two of my return to the real world, I decided I should clean out my Outlook inbox, since there are about a bajillion emails in it. And during my purging of spam mail & 80-message-long emails, I found this gem.

But before you look at it, let me set the story up for you.

I am an active participant in Couch Surfing. I think it is so incredible and such an amazing way to meet new people and really connect with different cultures. Oh, and it’s free.

Now, I recently had some freakin’ sweet peeps from Sweden stay with me for a night. They were taking a tour of the South (one girl, Lena, is in love with Dolly Parton! They even went to Dollywood… I love it! :), and Huntsville was one of their stops along the way from Nashville to New Orleans. We had a great time & I’m so glad I was able to meet them, even if only for a night.

Right, so all my friends knew I was doing this, and many of them were quite curious about what all goes down with Couch Surfing. Curious enough to email me one day out of the blue and ask me to do an interview for the news station they work for… That very day. Um… Excuse me, what?? Well, obviously, yes, I’d love to help you out, but uhhh… As in this current day ‘Today??’ In like 2 hours?? At my apartment?! The apartment that doesn’t have the characters from Beauty & the Beast living in it to clean itself while I’m gone?? Oh geez…

Well, I obviously agreed to do the interview, but in the process, freaked out a bit over email exchanges with KimJim. Oh, and there was a weird time of not knowing if the interview would actually take place that afternoon or not… So, this is a spectacular email Kim wrote me. I was nearly crying from laughter, so I thought I’d share it with you too.

Best to read it from the bottom up, in true email chain fashion.


Oh, and the result from this crazy day?? A sweet story care of my friends Becky & Ellis.