Tanya and I have been talking and have decided that 2020 will be the year. A lot of things are converging that point to it being a good time for me to take the year off and figure things out. First, it is the year when she is eligible for a sabbatical. She has a applied for a a Fulbright to go to southeast Asia for a semester. Her application is to study contemporary art in Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand. That's Plan A.

Plan B is if she gets the sabbatical, but not the Fulbright. If that happens, not much changes as her sabbatical proposal essentially follows her Fulbright. It will mean less funding and more flexibility.

Plan C is if she gets neither. If that happens, I will travel mostly by myself for the year. She will join on breaks and possibly in the Fall if she reapplies and gets the sabbatical and/or the Fulbright. This opens up a number of other possibilities too numerous to fully flesh out.

At any rate, 2020 marks my 30th year of service to the capitalist oligarchy. I am taking the year off and traveling. some solo, some with Tanya and possibly others. I plan to leave it as open as possible and see what unfolds.