Simons Out!

Egypt.

Jen and Jay's next adventure will take them to Cairo, Egypt for the next two years where they will be teaching middle school computers and high school English respectively. Until then, Jay will be finishing the semester teaching at the university while Jen will be staying afloat at the dying industrial giant she works for, keeping her head low to dodge the semi-regular corporate downsizings.

While their loved ones are understandably perplexed, this move has been in the cards for some time. Tired of the hardships of being overeducated and underemployed in an expensive first-world country that values education far too little, they're ready for a change of pace. In Egypt, they'll be able to save money, travel the world, and hire housekeepers, cooks, drivers, etc. In the US, they could barely afford their unimpressive Detriot suburb apartment.

Although they'll spend their summers in the US with their families and friends, they're ready to begin their lives as roving expatriates and glad to be escaping the increasingly desolate state of the US economy.

More to come.

(photo: inebriation in a sports bar in Metro Detroit)