Moving to the East Coast???

Yesterday, the best of intentions to go Christmas shopping and get a jump start on house cleaning went straight down the drain. But, for once in my life I actually have a good excuse (or, at least I think it was a good excuse!) Yesterday, while doing my every-now-and-then perusal of Hubby's email (sometimes it's really the best way to get information when I haven't talked to him in a couple of days -- or even when I have because he doesn't always remember to tell me everything during our rushed phone conversation or emails)I clicked on an email from a Marine Corps Command that was "wooing" him to check out an internet link and spend some time considering a position with them.

You see, when Hubby gets back from this deployment, he will be up for a career change within the Marine Corps. His pilot days are officially over (at least for the marines), and he will be opening a brand new chapter.

Getting back to the email.. When I clicked on the link.. I realized that the Command he was being wooed for was in Quantico, VA! (AKA - ON THE EAST COAST AND A MERE COUPLE OF HOUR DRIVE FROM OUR FAMILIES!)

I think it goes without saying that I had a HUGE surge of EXCITEMENT rush through me.

I spent the entire rest of my morning doing some money planning and budgeting - I'm not a math person (AT ALL) which explains why it took me the whole morning.

I researched exactly how much money Hubby would be making if stationed in Quantico (our basic allowance for housing would change). I researched how much a house would cost to rent in Quantico. I researched how much it would cost to hire a Property Management company to take care of things in case (we probably would) we decide to rent out our house here in Cali. I researched how much houses similar to ours are renting for, I prepared FOUR budgets for different scenerios. I won't go into all of them right now as they are convoluted and confusing (clearly, since they took me 4 hours to create and perfect)!

The hillarious/horrible thing is that in my mind, I already have Hubby and me moving to the East Coast in June of this year. But, do you think I've even had a chance to discuss any of this with Hubby yet? Nope.

It's (VERY) possible that Hubby is not ready to leave California just yet. Afterall, of the 28 months that we've lived here, he's been gone 14 months of that (and more if you consider different trainings he's had to do). It's also very possible that in further considering my 4 hours worth of budgeting and mathematical equations, we will realize that moving to the East Coast right now is just not a very plausible option for us. And, of course, Hubby just might not be interested in any of the career possibilities that would await him in Quantico. And, after a hell-on-earth couple of years as a pilot-in-training, I really would NOT be able to bring myself to tell him that he needs to sacrifice career satisfaction.

This, I suppose, is the danger of getting myself all caught up in an idea, when I haven't yet spoken to Hubby about any of it.

No matter what happens, I'll tell you this.. it sure has been fun "planning" our move back to the East Coast. I guess that this Christmas season I'm feeling more than ever that as much as I love California, nothing will ever quite be able to measure up to the treasure of being close to family.

Here's to hoping...
:)