It has been a long 4 days starting with the anticipation of finally meeting Nikki to the train wreck I started on this board. I offer a heartfelt and sincere apology to you Nikki for all of the grief of the past few days. I completely misjudged you based on rumors and speculation of what I had heard over the years. I wrongly attributed my conclusions to the mess I created by my first post accusing you of being less than upfront with me. In fact, the lack of communication that led to this mess was a failure of two technologies at the same time. Nikki's email was down so I neither heard back from her nor received her confirmation email. I had no idea her email was down so I assumed the worst. This accounted for the ensuing train wreck that led up to Weds' nasty posts.

The fact is that Nikki did leave me two voice mails Weds morning prior to the appointment, one confirming the meeting and the other with her somewhat resigned to the fact that I wasn't showing up. As I said, I was in a business meeting Weds morning and did not have my cell on for obvious reasons. When the meeting ended, I turned on my phone and saw nothing from her. I then checked my email and found that she had tried calling me. By then, it was too late to salvage the appointment. I have no idea what happened, but I finally received her voice mails this morning as soon as I turned on my cell. I also received a text message from another provider sent 3-1/2 weeks ago. I'll chalk this up to lousy service for prepaid phones. If you're not a regular full-time customer, I guess your messages get sent to the end of the queue.

So let's get the facts straight. Nikki did follow up with me not once, but twice. She didn't know that I never received her confirmation email nor her voice mails until it was too late. I was fuming by this point and the bashing had begun. I was too angry to call her and find out what really happened. Instead, I put the blame on her for not communicating. It wasn't her fault and I found out this morning when I finally got her VMs.

Nikki and I spoke at length this morning and I expected a full reaming. I didn't get a full reaming, just a small one . The call didn't start out well but we finally realized that this whole mess was a technology failure. I also agreed that I was wrong for starting the war based on my assumption that she was flaking on me. So let's set the record straight once and for all. My argument with Nikki is over and done with. I was wrong for starting it, I admit it, and I apologize. I also realized that she is quite a nice person and was deeply hurt by my comments and accusations. I'm deeply sorry for hurting your feelings Nikki. I'm not proud of my behavior the past few days and you did not deserve the abuse I caused to be heaped on you.
In retrospect, I should have called you earlier instead of letting the situation get to the boiling point.

I've made my peace with Nikki and hopefully we can move forward. I have no desire to anger anyone and I'm asking again that the bashing stop.