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[crisdam]

 So sorry to hear about that lot of ((hugs))

[TraciL]

 sorry to hear that - i hate moving too!

[Dianedi]

 What a bummer Sus! So sorry that this is such a surprise and not what you wanted right now! At least you'll have until the summer to enjoy Colorado. I'll be thinking of you!

[Gypsymonkey]

 Oh, hun....I'm so sorry.  From someone who moved a lot as a kid, I know what it's like.  Try to stay chipper and think of the pieces of history you'll be able to introduce your family to.

[ScrapEgypt]

 As most of you know less than a year and a half ago, I was totally freaking about leaving my homestate of FL to move out here to CO. I thought we were going to be here for at least 4 years, and have really tried to make a good life here. We love it. All of us.

Welllll you know how the military is, nothing is assured. Yesterday George got orders for him to attend a school in DC. We will be moving in the summer. Less than two years after we moved here.

This is not want we wanted, at all. Cole LOVES it here. and we were really trying to make sure we did not move him around alot. But it is what it is.

So if I seem down or preoccupied, just bare with me...k?

I wasn't a 'military brat' growing up, I was 'retail brat'. My dad was transferred almost every 2-3 years. We moved back and forth across NY state like a tennis ball in a Wimbelton match. That's how I got to be here (FL) ya know. Transferred.

We always hated moving and having to make new friends, but we always did find new friends and adjusted fine. Cole will be ok.

((((hugs)))) sweetie.

I was a "university brat".....with  my dad changing jobs/getting a higher level job every year or 2.  Until I was 11, the longest I ever lived anywhere was 2-1/2 years!  Between birth and 11, I lived in Mississippi, New York, Virginia (twice), Missouri, Florida (twice), and Washington state.  Then we landed in New Orleans.  I went to 6 different grammar schools (7 if you count nursery school/pre-K).

I didn't like leaving friends and having to make new ones...but my "best" friend is one I met in Florida in 2nd grade, and I'm still in touch with friends I had in Washington.

So, moving my kids all over the globe the past several years wasn't a big deal for me.

It's not easy, but he will be just fine!  And DC is a WONDERFUL place!

[baltoscrapper]

 Methinks there may be a future road trip to DC......




Can I come?

[naney1952]

Oh the news sucks especially since you love where you're at already....but just look at it this way....maybe it will be a blessing in disguise . Hope it all goes smoothly for you. Good Luck! 

[baltoscrapper]

 I'm going to pretend I'm sad, and I am, in a way. For Cole to have to move so soon is kind of sucky. But I'm kinda smiling on one side of my face.......DC is less than 1 hr away from me.

But for you (((((((((((((((((((BIG HUGS))))))))))))))))))))))

[CarolLynn]

 I'm sorry that you're upset about this move, and I know moving is difficult.  Have faith that it will work out, your little guy will see new places and make new friends, and you'll help him make the best of it.  There are so many great things to do and see in the DC area.  ((Hugs)) 

[Kara]

 Methinks there may be a future road trip to DC......

Flap I am in the DC area (15 minutes away) you BETTER visit me too


Sus--at least you will be physically closer to JT

I am sorry. I really am...there are some really cool places to take Cole though.....and if you like seafood we have great seafood here. There are also a lot of cherries in this area

[4peasinourpod]

 omg, SUS!

you can have fish tacos EVERY night!!

[Cutey Honey]

 It sure sucks to move! I know how it feels, since I'm an Army Brat/Vet/Wife...
On the plus side, DC has a lot to offer! There are the Smithsonians, the Tidal Basin (always fun to walk around and look at the memorials, and you MUST walk around it during Cherry Blossom season!), there's a TON of different kinds of foods (it's so multicutural there... foods from Indian and Middle Eastern to Far Eastern and German and Italian and Irish...and etc!!!)
There are always free things going on, there's the NAtional Zoo, festivals and all sorts of fun things. It's an amazing place for children to learn things!
Yeah, there are down sides to DC, but there is that everywhere. I was there for 5 years (the longest I've ever lived in one place) and I actually miss the area.

Sara

[No1Mommy]

 I am sorryif that is bad news...but...you are closer to the old good Eastern Shore!!!!  Only 2 hours away from me!!!!!!

[AmyTeets]

Ahhh, that stinks!  I think the moving part is harder on us as parents then the kids.  I think you guys will love DC though.  Although I would love to be stationed in CO  

[asset]

 Here I thought you were going to tell us you were preggo.
Sorry you have to move again so soon. It'll all work out, I'm sure of it. (((hugs)))

[carolynlontin]

 ((hugs)) I hope we get to meet up before you move!!

[NJTheresa]

 man that stinks. Moving is so hard.

[Queen Mum]

 That's tough, kiddo.

It's hard to leave a place you like.   I'm sorry.

[Janshotgun]

 So sorry Sus!  Try to enjoy the time you have remaining in Colorado.  I hope DC turns out better than expected!  I hear it is beautiful there! 

[justred2u]

{{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}} to you!  I personally believe it is hardest on the Momma of all... Dad goes to work, it is what he does he works for the military and moving around is part of it.  The kids are very resilient, most of them make life long friends.  My husband was a "military brat" and meets people very easily, is outgoing and works with the military (his company here is a government contractor) on a daily basis and has gone far with his company which is attributed to the millitary influenece in his upbringing.  But from the stand point of someone who was born in Dallas and moved to Greenville at the age of 1 and lived here my whole life ... I AM SO JEALOUS of the people in the military.  I would love to have seen other parts of the USA (and not on a week or 2 of vacation either) and even other parts of the world.  I will say we lived in England for 5 years for my husband's job (and I thought I was hot S*&^ getting to move out of Greenville for a little while.  I just thought I would give you the perspective of someone that can count on one hand how many times she has moved in my 52 years... now back to you.  I really feel sorry for you because you are the one who has to try to make everyone's life seem so normal and keep going ... I wish you luck in your new place and does sound like you may already have made several friends you can meet up with at some point just through ACOT.  Does the military still come in pack you guys up or is that something you will have to do?  I feel for you on that ... I hate packing...