So there I am, Mid-November of 2004, entering in to a new relationship with a woman from 10 time zones away from me, and trying to start a new business about marketing on the Internet.

Working with the coach was a somewhat trying experience. We had an hour phone call every other week. He had a certain amount of information that he was supposed to impart to me. Thus he, at times, tended to speak very quickly and it was really hard to take notes.

Plus, I would than have homework to complete before the next call. And often times, I really did not understand what I was supposed to do. And to further complicate matters, I had nowhere to go and get answers until the next call. I could send emails, however, I was on the road delivering hardware 3 1/2 days a week. Plus I am now in the process of communicating with Tanya in the Ukraine.

I began to get very frustrated with the mentoring program. I was new enough with the mechanics of Internet Marketing that I just couldn’t get a grasp on what is was that they were trying to teach me. And I really had no concept of what the end product was going to be. And I was uncomfortable with my book being put out there under those circumstances.

About the middle of January, 2005, I realized that Tanya was the one I wanted to meet. So I set up a trip to the Dominican Republic for her and her 20 years old daughter, and my daughter, her husband, and my, now 5 year old, granddaughter. Tanya could go to the Dominican Republic without having to get a visa.

In the process, I put the whole mentoring program on hold. I said that I would get back to it in the fall after I had brought Tanya to the USA on a fiance visa and we got married. She came in July, and we were married in September, and I never went back to the mentoring program.

What I did do is this. I knew that Tanya had never driven a car and so I left driving the big truck and bought a little business. What I didn’t know was how much time it would take to intergrate Tanya into life in the USA. I had a couple of 18 year old kids running the business and they could keep it up.

And so by the end of 2005, I had lost the business, and a big chunk of money. What happens next, you ask?

Read the next post, “Back to the Internet Dream.”