Presently Somewhere: On your mark. Get Set.

This first blog was written October 10, 2017. We are now up and running. Run along with us, the Millers, while we explore Mexico!

On your mark. Get set. Go.

Going is the easy part. Where are we going? A permanent move from Texas to Mexico, at least Mexico for now. Although there are moments of doubt and maybe even a little anxiety, the overall feeling can be described as excited anticipation of a bold new adventure. Something we both have awaited for a very long time.

We are Andy and Dar. Middle aged, married couple, no kids, no pets, ready for a change. And like many things we do, the change is going to be big. But I tell others that it was a ‘slow burn’. We were certainly be bopping along with our life on the wheel. Andy had a great VP position in a cutting edge medical software firm and I had started a small business specializing in commercial real estate services. We had a large house in a great neighborhood with all of the accouterments. We had lived in San Antonio for decades and have mad many friends and affiliations over the years that afforded us healthy social lifestyle. We ate at nice restaurants, enjoyed top notch entertainment experiences, hosted friends regularly, and enjoyed our time together.

In October 2016 Andy was laid off at his Company. It was a terrible blow. But after some time of licking our wounds and pointing our fingers, it was time to get down to the business of change. In our minds that change might come as a relocation to a City that we found to be fun, exciting, and new. Seattle perhaps? Chicago perhaps? We had pretty much decided that it would be Chicago or one of the coasts. And no small towns would do. Andy started serious interviews with a company in Seattle. We got serious about researching the city and started to get very, very excited about the possible move. We were going to get so ‘outdoorsy’ and experience so many new things together. It was a day dreamer’s paradise, I tell you. And here is where the burn began.

Now the blood is pumping and change is in the air. But Seattle was not to be, and the interviews continued. The final interview came from Chicago. A city we have always loved and definitely lived on the YES list should an opportunity come. I think we had mixed feelings when we learned that 100% of the company worked remotely and there would not be an immediate opportunity to be in Chicago. The advantage? Staying in SA, not uprooting our lives, maintaining our cost of living. All good stuff. But the burn had already taken hold. We were mentally ready for a change. And like the single spark that ignites a flame, the idea took hold.

If we can work remotely we can be anywhere.

And so the process began. And in April 2017, a couple of months after Andy began his new job the discussion began. What would a move look like? What all would we need to do to prepare. Where would we go? Would it really work? I think that first couple of months working from home helped to answer the question. Yes, if I can work for my company from here, meaning home, then home really can be anywhere. We are invigorated. We have taken the red pill and there is no turning back. And why would we want to? The future is full of exploration, growth, and new everything. And so Mexico City it is, and what a City it is. New sites, sounds, tastes, places, history, connections, and adventures await us in Mexico City. We have taken our mark. We are set.

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