How we got here (figuratively, not literally).

Our 19-year-old, Hannah, is ingenuous. When we told her we had started a blog, she said "But you guys haven't done anything interesting yet." True; and we might not ever do anything interesting but I'm going to tell you how we got here, anyway.

Our original blog title, Sabbatical in Oaxaca, was a misnomer (as well as a bit uninspired). Our original intention was to take a sabbatical, a temporary break from our work lives, to try something new in a foreign country. When Randy took his job 2 1/2 years ago, he told the hiring manager upfront that he would be taking 6 months off starting in the fall of 2014. No problem. I told my manager the same thing when I started my job in 2010. No problem. Somewhere along the line...problem. Randy's boss backpedaled, saying that a sabbatical was really only considered for health reasons. My manager left and the new management offered me a different job when I returned - if one was available.

So, we quit our jobs and maybe a more accurate title for this blog would just be Unemployed in Oaxaca. But we are at a point in our lives where time seems more important than money and more limited than job opportunities. I just hope that we never look back and pinpoint this as the moment everything went al diablo!