Where we are today and how we got here (the short story)

James is born, January 2011

After meeting in Washington, DC where we both had our first jobs after undergraduate school, my husband and I were getting paperwork in order to Teach English as a Foreign Language in China. Before meeting, we’d both had experiences abroad. My husband had studied in Australia. I had studied in Germany, Namibia, Mexico and China. We were eager to live in China long enough to learn language and acclimate somewhat. My semester-long experienced had proved far too short. We were preparing for at least two or three years in China.

We ended up in Delaware, instead. My husband completed a Ph.D. in renewable energy technologies (solar) and I worked at the University and earned a Master’s degree in Teaching English as a Second Language. We thought we were set to live and work anywhere. Our next move brought us to upstate New York for a 2 year position that ends early this winter. Somehow our moves never turn out to be as exotic as our dreams.

Our son was born in January 2011. We are expecting a little girl this summer, July 2012. With my husband’s contract ending, we will be moving with two babies under 2-years old this winter. It’s just that at this point, we have no idea where in the world we will all be moving.

Commencement

At this blog’s commencement, it may be easiest to state what this blog is not.  This is not a family/friends update blog. Rather, I am hoping to draw together a community of like minded individuals (who may also be addicted to travel and/or have ants in their pants too) who have similar dreams for their own future, or their family's future.

As our family grows, (we have a 15 month old son and are expecting a little girl in July, ) we weigh career options and examine our goals, which include raising multilingual children with broad experiences, we will look at options abroad, in Washington DC (our city-crush) and more affordable middle of the road destinations.

Since this really just beginning, it is possible that this blog will morph into how a person like me (a mom with ants in her pants) deals with the yearn to travel, but fiscal and family constraints and tries to instill values and perspectives from a more average domestic location. But my current hope is that the blog journals an exciting journey abroad!