Our normally mundane household has been dealing with drama the past few days.
School has caused a bit of a hassle lately. Something to do with backpacks leading to breakdowns.
And then Dave's employer threw us for a loop. After the "Fellowship Congratulations" - we found out we will only be in Hawaii For a year. One. (1)
We're 'penciled in' for Northern Command in Colorado Springs as our follow on.
Our options included Colorado, Nebraska, Pentagon, Belgium (but not really - we were told we've been overseas too much)
We ALL decided Colorado was the best option. (o.k., I'm still in the 'sort of' stage)
3 year orders means Garrett could have all but his freshman year in the same high school.
It also means Madi will move for her Jr and Sr. years. Pathetic!
This morning I sent out a very brief update to our own 'key and essential personnel' explaining the latest . . . .
I now give you a sampling of responses to that email:
April said: does this mean after one year in hawaii you are going to alaska to live?
huh?
Sidney said: So, does this mean you will only be Hawaii one year? If so, you'd better start an online calendar so everyone can schedule their visits! Steve & I are coming together - along with Lexi
Great! You can stay in the hotel room next to ours.
Esther wrote: ALOHA! Are you so excited? I can’t believe you are actually moving to Hawaii! Just a bigger version of what you are used to right? Are your kids happy about it? When is the big move? My kids were very excited about it
I don't even have the energy left to respond to that one.
Misse: Colorado. I am pretty sure you can get fresh produce there and there is probably a Target! Yeah!
Plus it's way easy to DRAW Colorado! Bonus!
Go go Colorado! Cheer with me now! Go go Colorado! At least it's not North Dakota... Go go Colorado.. You've got it now!
I am going to go practice doing straddle jumps and back flips to go with my Colorado cheer! You do the same!!!
That one actually helped. I needed the visual!
Last but not least. . . . Madison exclaimed, "Great! Now I'll have to use the high altitude directions on the back of the box."
3 comments:
Yep. One year orders just plain stink at Garret and Madi's ages. That's why I beg Ray to steer clear of RI. In other news...we were in CO Springs last year. It's not island living but it's a different kind of beautiful. We loved it. Ray was actually thinking about orders there for a while. I didn't stop by Target but I did get fresh produce!;)Good luck. I hate it when the drama of waiting for orders happens. After Ray's fellowship we were supposed to go to Italy, then Hawaii, we wound up in Virginia. You might have one more change of plans up your sleeve... You'll be in our prayers.
I can't tell you how hard I laughed at Madison's statement about the high altitude directions!! I would have totally thought the same thing! You will LOVE Colorado. I lived there when I was younger. It's absolutely breathtaking and you will never go without something to do! Now if someone says "Go take a hike", you can do it! Just on a really big mountain ;-)
Colorado is beautiful.
If there is one think I learned from moving so much, is that there is ALWAYS something amazing about every place you live.
You just have to find it. :)
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