{"id":30644,"date":"2016-11-22T16:44:57","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T14:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/?p=30644"},"modified":"2016-11-22T16:44:57","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T14:44:57","slug":"so-whats-going-on-behind-the-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/so-whats-going-on-behind-the-scenes\/","title":{"rendered":"So What’s Going On Behind the Scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans…<\/em><\/p>\n

Two unexpected offers for my housesitting services came up while I was in Bulgaria.<\/p>\n

The second was from my parents. It’s still not officially official, but there is a strong chance that I will be heading to Quebec at some point in March for six to eight weeks.<\/p>\n

This\u00a0brings me to the first offer, which would justify\u00a0that\u00a0very early return to North America.<\/p>\n

This offer came from\u00a0lovely blog readers who live full-time in\u00a0Mexico and want to get away for five months during the 2017 summer. So they asked me to come watch their place (and possibly a dog). This was obviously not something I could pass up! I am expected around May 15th in Chelem… a suburb of M\u00e9rida. Yes, the very city that I planned to move to!!!<\/p>\n

It’s rare that the universe so glaringly tells me what my next move should be…<\/p>\n

So come April, my intention is to present myself to the Mexican consulate in Calgary to request my residente temporal visa. If I am successful, I will go to Haven and pack up much more definitely. I do not know yet if I’m moving anything to\u00a0Mexico and, if so, whether I’m taking a truck and trailer or flying in with what I can get on a plane. I don’t want to get into that discussion yet, please. And, no, I cannot make my request from the consulate in Montreal. \ud83d\ude41 I hadn’t planned to move to\u00a0Mexico this soon and I would have liked more time to get myself sorted, but capere occasionem!<\/p>\n

I mean, it\u00a0seems nonsensical to me to not at least make the attempt to get the residente temporal visa so that when November comes, I can just stay in M\u00e9rida.\u00a0Worst case, I’ll have the summer to find winter accommodation and then have\u00a0to go to Belize for a bit to reset my clock and get a fresh 180-day period. Either way, I’ll know if being in M\u00e9rida year-round is a good plan. I could finish the summer and decide that I’d rather go to a mountain community with less extreme weather. Who knows. But this opportunity is one I know I cannot pass up.<\/p>\n

After just a few short months of travel, I am even more convinced that\u00a0Mexico is the country for me and I can’t wait to get home. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Now, I’d better get to work making an April appointment at the consulate!<\/p>\n

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