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Dear Army,

We go way back, and I would appreciate a little communication on your part to keep this relationship on civil grounds.  I understand you have a  ton of stuff going on, but if you could just drop an email saying where I am going to be living for the next FOUR YEARS OF MY LIFE, it would be absolutely wonderful.

Best Regards,
jbm

If I had it my way, all my posts right now would include the *bliss* and ~excitement~ of preparing for our family vacation in just over two weeks, but as things do in our house, one thing is at the forefront one moment to get pushed aside, by another, even if just for a moment.

The moment?

ORDERS

When orders "come down" I can finally try to figure out what the heck to do next.

What we DO know is that the dh is going to be at LDAC all summer (insert a bunch of acronyms and descriptions that I cannot and don't care to remember) ending Aug 1.    We DO know he is to report to BOLC in November 9.  There is a significant amount of "fill in the blanks" with guesses here and there and it makes for a VERY uncertain year for the kids and I.  We also DO know that once on orders, and the Army is paying us that they tend to like to get something for their money so it's not like the dh will just come home for a nice bit of RnR between LDAC and BOLC.  (sigh....I wish)

So we have scenarios...

1. DH goes to BOLC, we stay here in our nice (although slightly expensive) rental and plan on starting the school year here.  We would move when the DH gets sent to his actual duty station.
2. DH goes to BOLC, we move to SE ID, (although we would have to pay for the move ourselves) and live in a slightly more economical home, near family, and start the school year there. PCS to duty station when he is done.
3. DH goes to BOLC, we go WITH him, start a school year in GA and all the chaos involved, but remain as a family unit as much as possible. 
4. DH goes to BOLC in GA and we move ahead of him to our new duty station so the kids can get started in the school that they would be attending for the next 3-4 years (Braden and Savannah could both possibly graduate from the duty station we are in).  Family unit would be fragmented, but kids would be placed in a stable school environ quicker.

~* tomorrow is Friday, and there is kind of a pattern of orders "hitting" on Friday's *~

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