February 15th, 2016 – 7 Months Before What craziness it’s been the past month. If you were wondering, Teaching + 8 hours of grad school is a little nutty. Kevin would tell you that finishing a PhD while also tying up business ventures before going abroad is a little nutty, too. I’ll update you on what’s been going on towards preparing for “The Move.” Since my last post, I took the opportunity of the three-day weekend before grad school started to apply to a teaching assistant position through the Spanish government. The position is officially called a “North American Language and Culture Assistant,” and my impression of the purpose is to bring…
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Pre-Move: So, It’s Official?
December 15th, 2016 – 9 Months Before Even though we’ve been talking about moving abroad for a couple years now, when we tell people these days that those are our plans after our grad degrees, the first question we get is, “So it’s official?” We never really know how to answer that question (what makes something “official?”). It’s as official as it can be. Kevin has applied for a couple jobs, and we both have been researching various ways in which to support ourselves while abroad. We know it’s what we want to do. We know there are various ways to make it happen. It’s just a matter of getting there.…
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Pre-Move: I Feel Like I’m Living a Double-Life
November 18th, 2016 – 10 Months Before “I feel like I’m living a double-life.” This is the statement I’ve started and ended every weekend with this school year. During the week, I’ve been teaching my 6th graders by day, rushing home and completing grad school coursework by night, barely time to breathe. Weekends are my space to catch up, and most importantly, to wake up for 48 hours to the dream that Kevin and I have been kindling for the past 18 months. We are going to live abroad. We are going to live abroad for at least a year. We are letting go of the status quo. At 26, every step of our…