'... Or we could just quit our jobs and do whatever we want.' The first time it came up, it was more of a joke than anything. We were sitting together in the living room of our downtown Seattle apartment in April 2025, watching boat traffic on Lake Union, when Charlie suggested it. We were looking for options. Bianca was in the US on a work visa, and for weeks our worried families in Canada had been sending us news stories of US visa holders and tourists getting arrested at border crossings and