This is about what again????

Some time ago, about 18 years ago to be exact, I had an office with employees and lots of overhead. Boy, was I having fun. I had to make a lot of money to pay for plenty of worry. But the big deal was that I had a 1 year old boy who would stand (just barely) at the window and, crying, would wave goodbye to me. I would drive off about 10 yards, back up, pull into the driveway, get out of the car. I'd walk up the steps and pick him up and hold him till he calmed down. Then I'd go back to the car, start it up and the whole process would begin anew. I probably did this about 3-4 times before finally leaving for the office.

Well, the more I thought about this morning ritual, the more I thought I wanted to stay home, work from home and be close by the boy. I loved him like crazy then and I still do. I digress.

I let the employees go and for 18 years worked from home. In the intervening years, there was a divorce (more fun) and my boy grew up. I continued to work from home. And then the questions in my mind started pouring in.

I started thinking that just maybe, with my son grown and out of the house, I should open a new office, hire new employees. I'll try to make this brief so you don't doze off.

I could build up that overhead again. I could deal with all the complications that come with having employees. Let's not get into detail. It's an ugly picture. But briefly, I would get to deal with personalities, payroll taxes, expenses I hadn't planned on, buying huge amounts of office equipment. Are you having fun yet? Well, the thought of these lovely items and, of course, staring at a new set of walls to replace the set of walls I had stared at for 18 years but this time getting to pay every month for them, this idea did not sit well with me. In fact, I seem to remember throwing up. Kind of the same feeling I'm getting right now. Excuse me, I'll be right back.

So HOLY COW, EUREKA and GREAT CAESAR'S GHOST (thanks to Perry White at the Daily Planet for that one). I came up with a brilliant (yeas I am) idea. Why not replace the walls every month or two with new walls. Some of you might think, " Won't he be spending a lot in construction costs?" Not the kind of wall replacement I'm talking about.

I began to wonder if it would be possible to take the money I would spend on a new office and equipment and to spend that money on a trip to somewhere in the world, anywhere in the world that would have an internet connection. Of course, I also had to figure out what problems would I run into operating from wherever I happened to be.

So that's what this blog is about. I wanted to wake up some morning in another country, another culture, enjoy all it has to offer. Then I wanted to work for a few hours without missing a beat on the job. And that's what I'm doing. That's what I've done the last few months or so. And that's what this blog is about.

I want to tell you about how I've done it so far and clue you in to current travels and any new technology I learn about along the way. Maybe you can do this too. If you can't, maybe you can do this vicariously. Here we go.