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A Long Weekend in San Diego: Fun, Fun!
Recently, we had the chance to spend a long weekend in San Diego. Matt’s mom stays out there each winter and invited us to stay with her. Matt’s dad also flew in for the weekend, and his brother drove down from Los Angeles.
We found great tickets flying out of Austin around 5pm on Friday after school/work. The price was so great that one of Tate’s classmate and her family were also on the same flight for a long-weekend getaway.
We arrived Friday around 8pm San Diego time, ate some dinner, and went to bed.
Day One
The next day, we headed straight to the beach. We could reach Coronado … Read More
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Family Gap Year Post #4: A List of Destinations
Matt is fully onboard with the idea of a Family Gap Year now that he sees that I am fully willing to take on the bulk of planning. I don’t mind! I love planning. He does the laundry and empties the dishwasher every week; I have to balance it out somehow.
We whittled down the original list of destinations to a narrower one. Then I created a new tab within the Master Google Sheet called, “Weather.” As you can see in the image above, I listed our top destinations down the Y-axis and the months of the year across the X-axis. I googled each country and tried to identify the … Read More
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Family Gap Year Post #3: Our Possible List of Family Gap Year Destinations
I’m obsessed with the idea of a Family Gap Year. I still can’t believe we’re actually thinking about. I’m continuing to talk with my team and our Board of Directors about whether I could effectively do my job remotely for a year.
My master Google sheet is growing. I started a Budget tab straight away. I realized that if we can figure out a way to rent out our house in order to cover our mortgage, sell our cars, work remotely, and stick to more affordable accommodations, we might actually be able to pull this off (um…I will ignore the long list of “ifs”…).
We started making a list … Read More