I was actually thinking of a Slurpee or a Thermos or a model Mustang... 
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Okay, well I was going to wait until we know for sure, but here's what's been stressing me out lately:
The job hubby's been bucking for for the past half dozen years in Maryland is finally opening up. This could be a good thing, since we've been wanting out of Florida almost since we returned ten years ago. The pay will likely be better, since the area's very expensive. We'll have four seasons again. The boys will be in FAR better schools. This could open hubby up for becoming a regional manager in future, which is a job he can do based from anywhere. He's put in his application and there are only two other guys from the company applying. Neither of those two have ALL the qualifications the big bosses are looking for; hubby does.
However, we just bought our house a year ago, so we haven't had time to really build equity. We have no savings and all of our credit cards got maxxed out when the air conditioner had to be replaced last summer. This is the teen's senior year coming up; he turns 18 in September and is grumbling about wanting to get his own place and stay here. I honestly don't think he's mature enough to stay on his own close by us, let alone a thousand miles away. I worry that his grades will crash or he'll do something stupid to get in the way of his military dreams. Plus, he won't admit it, but he's more of a momma's boy than his little bro. The two of us would miss each other something fierce, especially with no real time to prepare (I was prepping myself for next year, not this year).
We'd be back to an apartment for a year at least, which doesn't sound so awful, except when you've been used to a house for ten years. Most of the houses I've seen up there that are in our (current) price range are townhouses or row-houses; I am not interested in either style.
If we do move, most of the actual moving would be on me. The teen will be spending much of the summer in trainings, and Little Bear is spending the summer with his grampa. Another good thing, though, is that we'd be closer to my folks, a mere 5 1/2 hour drive, versus the current 21 hours.
I've held off on getting my airline ticket for Chicon because I don't know what airport I'll be flying out of. The bad news is that the prices are going up. The good news is that Chicago is actually only about a ten hour drive if we move.
So there's what's been keeping me awake at night, waking me up early and anxious, and giving me fits in between. Yup, I know I'm an idiot, projecting on things that might not even happen, but it's what I do.
The job hubby's been bucking for for the past half dozen years in Maryland is finally opening up. This could be a good thing, since we've been wanting out of Florida almost since we returned ten years ago. The pay will likely be better, since the area's very expensive. We'll have four seasons again. The boys will be in FAR better schools. This could open hubby up for becoming a regional manager in future, which is a job he can do based from anywhere. He's put in his application and there are only two other guys from the company applying. Neither of those two have ALL the qualifications the big bosses are looking for; hubby does.
However, we just bought our house a year ago, so we haven't had time to really build equity. We have no savings and all of our credit cards got maxxed out when the air conditioner had to be replaced last summer. This is the teen's senior year coming up; he turns 18 in September and is grumbling about wanting to get his own place and stay here. I honestly don't think he's mature enough to stay on his own close by us, let alone a thousand miles away. I worry that his grades will crash or he'll do something stupid to get in the way of his military dreams. Plus, he won't admit it, but he's more of a momma's boy than his little bro. The two of us would miss each other something fierce, especially with no real time to prepare (I was prepping myself for next year, not this year).
We'd be back to an apartment for a year at least, which doesn't sound so awful, except when you've been used to a house for ten years. Most of the houses I've seen up there that are in our (current) price range are townhouses or row-houses; I am not interested in either style.
If we do move, most of the actual moving would be on me. The teen will be spending much of the summer in trainings, and Little Bear is spending the summer with his grampa. Another good thing, though, is that we'd be closer to my folks, a mere 5 1/2 hour drive, versus the current 21 hours.
I've held off on getting my airline ticket for Chicon because I don't know what airport I'll be flying out of. The bad news is that the prices are going up. The good news is that Chicago is actually only about a ten hour drive if we move.
So there's what's been keeping me awake at night, waking me up early and anxious, and giving me fits in between. Yup, I know I'm an idiot, projecting on things that might not even happen, but it's what I do.
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