The Luxpats

Category: Nomadic Lifestyle

  • Paradise or Pair O’ Dice?

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    To travel is to stretch time between your fingers and test its tensile strength. As nomads we might as well have been permanently suspended in the stratosphere, for all that time slowed and even seemed to reverse itself on occasion. That was life with one child and two backpacks.  Fast forward to the intensity of settling…

  • Finding Quality Remote Work

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    For those of you just starting the process of going nomad, know that having remote work in which you take joy is vital. Many have written about the particular vagaries of remote work, with isolation and the resulting paranoia being just two challenges. I’d like to focus more on the initial hunt for remote work…

  • Nomad Family Reboot 2020

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    It’s hard to believe that we haven’t posted to our blog in over two years, but then again time flies when you’re making babies. Ha. Ha. Hahahahasob. Let’s get you up to speed on our next nomad family adventure. Our last post was in August of 2017 while we were living in Guanajuato, Mexico, just…

  • Read About Giving Birth in Guanajuato, Mexico

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    The long wait is over. Now we can tell you all about giving birth in Guanajuato! After touring the birthing ward at Plaza Mayor and paying the 5,000 peso deposit, we settled in to wait out the last days of the pregnancy. At 38 weeks, I was as uncomfortable as I’d ever been: sleepless with swollen…

  • Our Mexican Expat Baby is Almost Here!

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    Only a few more weeks until we meet our Mexican expat baby! El fecha del parto probable (the due date) is June 8, but since Spencer was two weeks early and I’ve heard that second babies are often early in general, nomad baby could arrive anytime. I just had my second to last doctor’s appointment.…

  • More Nomad Baby News: Big Changes

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    We’ve had an interesting past couple of weeks, and some new nomad baby news to share. I’ll tell you right now that both baby and Mama are fine, except for my sore leg from a gnarly charlie horse last night and a certain amount of annoyance about constant insomnia. So it goes. The third trimester…

  • Nomad Baby’s Second Trimester, Going Strong

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    At 28 weeks and four days, nomad baby and I have officially entered the third trimester! In this post, read about our search for a Guanajuato doctor, travel, symptoms, birth preparation, and all the other good stuff about having a baby on the move. For anyone who missed our first post about nomad pregnancy, we are a nomadic…

  • Travel Resolutions and How To Keep Them

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    Maybe you made a New Years travel resolution. Maybe you were flicking through Instagram and decided you should see the alps in person. Here’s how to guarantee that you follow through on your travel resolution. Whether you’re dreaming of a three month tour of SE Asia or working up the courage to get out of your town…

  • Pregnant Nomad: The First Trimester

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    Traveling full-time to places you’ve never been tends to instill a sense of (over?)confidence in your ability to handle anything. Sometimes, that confidence is…misplaced. But it’s probably the reason that being a pregnant nomad didn’t strike me as impossible. So. Am I in over my head? Here’s a quick tally of the last five months:…

  • Nomad News and a Big Development from the Luxpats!

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    If you’ve noticed that our posts have trickled down to a minimum in the past few months, we apologize. We have some huge nomad news that may help to explain and make up for some of our long silence: we’re expecting a baby! We found out in September, while we were living in Playa del Carmen.…