Les and I are moving in 4 months now! Time is moving quickly, and there is a lot to be done. We’ve got friends and family to visit back in Wisconsin. We’ve got a small wedding. There are forms and changes of name and new passports and all sorts of paperwork to be done. We have to divest ourself of all this stuff we’re not taking to Mexico. We have to find a way to get what we are keeping down to Mexico. We have to take a trip to Chapala to rent a place, then come back to Dallas to get the stuff ready to ship. I have to get some social security income coming in. It just seems like a whole bunch to do. All that in addition to trying to get some work to come in here in Dallas so we’ll have the money for all this.

Les and I don’t have a cushion of money to fall back on. We just have a few thousand dollars in savings, plus some money I borrowed at an extremely low interest rate. Basically, we’ll be living on our Social Security income. So I’ve been looking for ways to supplement that income. We’re pretty sure that Les can earn an income doing something down there, but for me, a photographer who doesn’t speak Spanish, the options look a little more limited. So I’ve been inventing simple little home-made products that maybe we can sell on eBay, all sorts of other stuff.

Which leads me to say this: THIS WHOLE MOVE THING CAN BE PRETTY STRESSFUL!!! even 4 months out. I’d advise anyone who is doing this, and especially so quickly, or on the cheap, to make sure they spend some extra time de-compressing and realizing that it will all work out and someday, God willing, they’ll be in Mexico!! Now if only I can take my own medicine!