Murphy's Law

Here nosotros are, facing some other move. We have moved thus many times hither inwards North Carolina. When nosotros moved hither from Hawaii, nosotros moved into a 2-bedroom aeroplane on the 3rd floor. When nosotros constitute out nosotros were having twins, nosotros moved into a 3-bedroom aeroplane on the starting fourth dimension flooring inwards the same complex. Then nosotros got a domestic dog too the twins became to a greater extent than mobile too it did non run for us whatever longer. When it came fourth dimension to renew our lease, nosotros declined too moved into a 3-bedroom solid out inwards town alongside a fenced inwards backyard too playroom. The solid has worked peachy for us! Plenty of storage room inwards the attic too garage too enough of room for our boys to play, within too out.

As you lot know, my hubby was picked upwards for the STA-21 (seaman to admiral or "officer's program") program. This June he volition lead maintain served 9-years enlisted duty inwards the Navy. When he graduates this August alongside a marker inwards mechanical engineering, he volition endure commissioned every bit an officeholder too postulate to become through ability schoolhouse too paradigm again, this fourth dimension on the officer's side of things. He volition also postulate to complete Submarine Officer Basic School (SOBC) sometime inwards there, which is a 10-week course of teaching inwards Connecticut. We know he volition endure doing ability schoolhouse inwards South Carolina too nosotros suspect he volition endure doing paradigm inwards upstate New York. We won't acquire orders for paradigm until after he finishes ability schoolhouse too nosotros likely won't take away heed close ability schoolhouse until closer to his graduation. From the audio of it, SOBC tin endure squeezed inwards spell waiting to start paradigm or after completing prototype.

Our lease is coming to an halt this August. We planned on extending our lease or doing month-to-month until my hubby receives his orders. Then nosotros got an electronic mail that threw all our plans into confusion: the homeowners are returning early-- this September-- too volition non extend our lease past times when it ends this August. We emailed the belongings administration fellowship to meet if at that spot is whatever way the homeowners would allow us remain longer if nosotros paid higher rent too were declined. My hubby contacted his lieutenant too detailer to meet if it would endure possible for him to shape upwards for ability schoolhouse inwards October. If not, nosotros would similar to abide by out what our shape upwards appointment thus nosotros tin abide by novel lodgings accordingly (are nosotros looking to rent until December? February? Later?). His starting fourth dimension pick class-up appointment was Oct anyways, his minute December, too 3rd February. However, nosotros lead maintain heard both ability schoolhouse too paradigm are backed upwards correct now. We are all the same waiting to take away heed dorsum from the Navy. (Please endure understanding, Navy!)

So our large dilemma is that our lease is upwards at the halt of August too nosotros could all the same endure stationed inwards North Carolina-- without orders-- until Dec or later. That way nosotros postulate to pay starting fourth dimension too concluding month's rent at the novel place. We postulate to abide by somewhere that accepts dogs (pet deposit too monthly pet fee). We postulate to purchase boxes, rent a truck, abide by people to assist us move, too likely acquire a storage unit of measurement until the Navy gives us orders too nosotros motility from North Carolina to South Carolina. The best thing financially for us would endure if the Navy gave us orders for Oct too nosotros could role those orders to motility a fleck early on when our lease expires inwards August; this would totally eliminate the extra in-town move. The lamentable thing would endure moving away from all our local friends before than nosotros had anticipated.

My hubby too I experience that nosotros lead maintain learned a lot from all this moving nosotros lead maintain done during our three-year remain inwards North Carolina. We could non lead maintain helped renting the incorrect identify when nosotros starting fourth dimension moved here. We rented a large 2-bedroom aeroplane expecting to lead maintain i baby-- non twins. We should non lead maintain moved to a 3-bedroom aeroplane from there; nosotros should lead maintain moved into a house. And from this house, at that spot is no way nosotros could lead maintain known the homeowners would endure returning early. We were told that they were going abroad for a span years too nosotros were their starting fourth dimension renters. It feels similar Murphy's Law: everything that tin become wrong, volition become wrong. We tried really difficult to rent the correct places for our solid unit of measurement too but lead maintain non done good at it! Maybe the adjacent fourth dimension nosotros rent a solid out inwards town nosotros should solely rent rental properties too non someone's abode they conception on eventually returning to? We know all every bit good well plans change.

We debated when nosotros moved hither if nosotros wanted to purchase a solid or not. We actually liked the solid prices hither inwards North Carolina. The unmarried thing that held us dorsum was the doubtfulness of selling it when nosotros were gear upwards to move. We knew that nosotros would solely endure stationed hither for iii years, which all the same does non experience similar really long to purchase a abode too and then sell it. After seeing some of my friends bargain alongside renting out homes they bought at past times duty stations, I knew that was non a projection I wanted to undertake correct straightaway inwards my life. We conception on having to a greater extent than children too it volition endure an adjustment for our kids to acquire used to Daddy existence dorsum on submarines when the fourth dimension comes. We also knew homeschooling was a existent possibility. With all of that on my plate, I did non also desire to endure managing a rental belongings inwards a dissimilar state. So I said that if nosotros bought a home, I would desire to sell it when nosotros moved. This made us a piffling nervous, every bit nosotros lead maintain never bought or sold a abode before. Neither of us wanted a slice of belongings to stand upwards inwards betwixt us living together-- me too the kids non existence able to motility alongside him because the abode hasn't sold yet. We decided against buying too instead rented. With all these moves we've done straightaway inwards this i field at this i duty station, nosotros are wondering if buying a home, no affair how long it took to sell, would lead maintain been the less expensive option. It feels similar a gamble.

Regardless, nosotros pass thus much coin moving. Hotels. Take out. First too concluding month's rent. New cupboard organizers. Curtains. Door mats. Bathroom mats. Kitchen mats. Pieces of article of furniture to agree that novel foreign corner inwards the living room. Pictures for new, awkward walls. Throwing out too re-buying the nutrient too cleaners the movers won't pack. From New Hampshire to Hawaii. From Hawaii to North Carolina. From aeroplane to aeroplane to solid to who-knows-where inwards North Carolina. And nosotros all the same lead maintain the motility from North Carolina to South Carolina inwards front end of us. And too then South Carolina to New York. And New York to wherever his body of body of water duty station is. Such is the life of a nation of war machine family!

My weblog posts on the STA-21 program:

"Two years of STA-21"

"Three years of STA-21"

And, our story, inwards "About Kimber"