Nora, have a wonderful trip! I hope it treats you well.

edit: sj, wanna jump on AIM and help me procrastinate?

edit again: Nevermind. Looks like I was the one that needed to get on AIM :)

Yay Nora! Have a yummy rum drink for me.

I need to dismantle Christmas today. It's very windy and most of the stuff outside is blown over waiting for me to pack it up. The tree, ded.

Nora, tell me what my future home is like when you get back!

eta: and, because it's not *all* about me, have a fun time too in between work stuff!

I don't think I could give up my life and move across the country

I've moved a bunch of times, and have never given up my life.

Admittedly, I'm unlikely to move for the reasons that T's family did, but I'm a curmudgeon.

Sounds like one of those decisions that makes sense in a sad way--I'm sorry you lose having her around, sj, but internet friends can definitely work. Slip her a webcam.

I moved to Florida to follow my parents when my father was ill. 2 of my sibs followed too. It's as good a reason as any. My dad was all sales pitch when we would visit. We still live 150 miles apart. A workable distance.

DH moved every few years because his dad was military. He's very restless and would prefer we hadn't been here so long.

I dread the notion of moving. Too much work. Unless I was moving to a boat because then I would have to just get rid of all my stuff, which has a certain appeal.

Yes, I am rambling. Work avoiding too.

I really like the idea of moving to be near family. It's the one thing I hate about how much we move - we will always be far from my parents. I never minded so much until Ellie was born. Now I feel like we are all losing out because they are so far from us.

We have been moving every 18 months or so since we got married. I used to like it, but now I'm getting sick of it. NOt the moving itself, but leaving everything/one behind. Hopefully, we will be in PR for the 2-3 years they are promising. Then it's looking like we might "retire" to Seattle. I remember hating the rain when I lived there, but it really has everything we want.

{{sj}}

I really like the idea of moving to be near family.

Whereas I really like the idea of not living anywhere near family. I guess it depends on the family. I think it's healthier for Mal to be around his self-selected "family" than his biological one.

The moving constantly is odd; I never feel like I really leave people behind, because we're just as likely to serve together at an onward assignment or keep in touch via the Internet. But because of the moving, we never commit anywhere. We always sit lightly, like oil on water. It's not a bad feeling; I suspect I would chafe if forced to remain in one place forever. And there are all kinds of cool experiences and people.

It would be nice to have my own furniture, and not furniture bought in bulk, though.

It's not a bad feeling; I suspect I would chafe if forced to remain in one place forever.

When we were in our third year out of college, DH became incredibly cranky and itchy for several months. Growing up, the longest tour his family ever had was 4 years, so to be in year 3 and not know where we were going next was very difficult.

We get to take our own furniture (yay DoD!) but it's starting to get pretty banged up after so many moves. There are definitely family I would *not* want to live near.

I guess my complaint really has to do with where we end up moving to. Ft. Lewis, Ft. Carson, Ft. Benning, and Ft. Bragg are all about 1-2 hours from some really cool places. We are always far enough away from the fun places that I feel like I live in the sticks. Rio and Monterrey were both cool places in and of themselves and I liked that. I'm hoping San Juan will be the same.