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February 18, 2009

Yesterday S. said something that made my little heart pitter patter.

He asked hesitantly, “So. If I put in my notice right now, then what?”

“Then what?” is a great question. I told him, “Then we leave! In a month! As soon as possible, with the money we have…let’s go, let’s do it! Let’s DO IT!!!!”

When it all comes down to it, I don’t really care about the money. If I have to blog more to keep us afloat as we travel, that’s fine. I can do my job from anywhere and I think that means that in my head I’m just a little more mentally prepared than the average person to up and leave. Since my work can travel with me, and since I already live far away from family, I don’t feel like I have any strings tying me down here in Chile. There’s no emotional cutting the cord process to go through. As long as S. is with me, I’m already free to leave as I please. I’m already a mental vagabond.

S., on the other hand, well, he’s more of a planner and a thinker than I am. I know the only reason he even mentioned quitting his job now is because he’s been seriously contemplating for a long time. Otherwise he wouldn’t even bring it up. And after I stopped jumping around the house screaming he started calculating how much money we have saved up, how much I would make writing if I only did it part time, how long that would last us, what we would do with Papito immediately, where we would go, etc.

He won’t quit his job. I can tell. That’s just not something he would do. But, I like that he’s already talking about it. I like feeling that he’s just as anxious as I am to get this show on the road.

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I hate S. Ok, that’s a lie, I hate S’s boss who’s making his job suck so much that he’s considering quitting. Time for him to get back to work he likes!

Comment by Emily — February 19, 2009 @ 8:44 am

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What a liberating feeling to be able to just pick up and go! I can imagine your excitement at just fathoming the thought. Telecommuting is great, ain’t it? I can’t even imagine working a 9-5 job ever again. I still want to see the list of all the places you are planning to go!

Comment by kumichan83 — February 19, 2009 @ 1:20 pm

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I once felt those jitters. Hubby came home one day and announced that his company was thinking of opening an office in the US and asked him if he’d be interested in setting it up if the project went through (this was back in pre-world-crisis time obviously). Needless to say, I was already knocking on imaginary neighbor’s doors to introduce ourselves and exploring fictional new surroundings.

It’s so liberating, isn’t it, to think that you can just up and move? That there are no chain balls (ie. kids in school, mortgages to pay, family to leave behind) preventing you from going away and setting up life elsewhere? At least that’s how I feel about it. Hubby is still working on this idea… that’s why it was so thrilling to me that he seemed somewhat excited on the idea of leaving France.

So cool that Seba is also counting the days till D-Day!!

As are we.

… well, except for Emily, that is. (Idea for Em: you should kidnap Papito the day before they leave, then they’ll just HAVE to come back! )

Fned.

Comment by Fned — February 19, 2009 @ 1:27 pm

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I can only imagine how excited you are. I think I stopped breating until I got to the end of the post.

Comment by clare — February 19, 2009 @ 2:22 pm

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Kyle sweetie, go for it!! If you have enough money and feel the time is right, why wait around wasting time if you can do what you truly want to do now? You’re lucky in that you can work from anywhere…let the adventure begin! big hugs xxx

Comment by Girl.Meets.Chile — February 19, 2009 @ 5:11 pm

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Just stopped in to wish you a happy up-coming birthday. And as long as I’m here, I’ll wish you the best in getting him to cut the umbilical cord!

Comment by John Evo — February 19, 2009 @ 7:28 pm

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Papito still has a home here with me! ; )

Comment by Molly — February 20, 2009 @ 10:24 am

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Why is Chile so much worse than St Elsewhere? Will you be coming to London?

Wembley

Comment by Anonymous — February 22, 2009 @ 2:37 pm

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> I can do my job from anywhere (…)
> Since my work can travel with me, and
> since I already live far away from
> family, I don't feel like I have any
> strings tying me down here in Chile

I envy you so much. I chose (and got) a good job in academia for the freedom it would give me, without realizing how constraining it was geographically, and the impact it can have on a love life, when one's partner might have his own geographic constraints. Leaving academia would be heartbreaking but I really want a job which I can take anywhere with me. I wonder how many such jobs there are beside writer, and how many people in the world manage to have such jobs!?

Comment by jyby — March 1, 2009 @ 5:20 am

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