November 30, 2017

Welcome back to Campfires & Coconuts!  As you are about to read, there have not exactly been any documented campfires, but there is going to be.  And hold on to your hats, ladies and gents, because there is about to be a LOT more coconuts!!

For those who have inquired about the final leg of my SEA adventure, I do still have the notes and I do still plan to finish it; but right now…..MEXICO!  Yep. Tacos & sunshine are up next except this time, it isn’t a whirlwind adventure.  This time it’s more of a slow-burn family affair, or perhaps I should say “fur-mily” affair as it involves my 2 cats!

A quick update for those who may not know how I ended up packing my life in my beloved hometown and moving to Mexico…..

My retired parents have been snowbirds for several years now.  They have a little casa in Rincon de Guayabitos, Nay. Mexico.  I’ve visited them on my annual vacation for 4 years, now.  This last visit was in January this year (2017) and I was just a few months in at my job managing a restaurant.  I thought I liked my job.  I was SUPPOSED to like my job because I had finally reached “career status” and had a salary with benefits.  I loathed it.  I felt like there was a bus parked on me Every.Single.Day.  On my last day, after another fun-filled vacation with the ‘rents, I was enjoying the sunset on the beach with my dad and a sense of panic washed over me.

I said “Dad, I don’t want to go back. I want to live here!”

Dad: raises an eyebrow (if he had one to raise)

“Really!” I said,  “People do it all the time.  They just work online and travel the world.  I just need to figure out what it is they do so I can learn it!”

Dad: “Whelp, I guess you’d better get figurin’”

I know what you’re thinking, “Your dad isn’t much of a conversationalist, is he?” Well, I don’t think he knew how else to respond.  Maybe it seemed a ridiculous idea.

. Maybe he thought it was the best idea ever.  Whatever he “thought” of it, the first words he offered, though somewhat bland, were of encouragement.  It wasn’t the longest chat we’ve ever had, but it was the beginning of something much bigger than I thought at the time.

After the sunset, back at the casita, I packed my suitcase, crawled into bed with my tablet and got Googling!

While I wouldn’t say my online business has been “successful” as of yet, but I’m well on my way to making ends meet. Therefore, I pulled the plug on my conventional life and took a swan-dive into an epic adventure while I build my business.

With two senior cats in tow, flying simply isn’t an option.  One day, I will return to SEA, but with these two fuzzbutts, it will be only places I can drive to, and Mexico is just perfect!

So that’s the gap between coconut stories.