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Hubby and I have been discussing our future, specifically where we might get stationed after departmenthead school and which bases we'd like. I was pretty sure that the next few years of our lives were planned, but now things are so indefinite (not that they ever weren't, really) and I HATE that.

One option is Bangor, WA. We both want to experience the northwest, and the crime rate is low and the schools are good (generally speaking). Any time I take the quiz on www.findyourspot.com (try it, you'll love it!), my first place is Medina, WA. And out of my top five, there are always three in WA (the other two are usually Arkansas.... really? Arkansas? No thanks).

The other option is Kings Bay, GA. There are only two options if Hubby gets back on boomers (which is definitely what we want... shorter deployments and rotating crews, heck yes!), and GA is the other one. I was strongly opposed to ever living in the south again, but he pointed out a lot of good things about that area. First, we wouldn't actually live in GA- we'd live just over the border in Fernandina Beach, FL. It's a nice area, apparently. It's close (relatively speaking) to Disney World, my cousin & her family, my grandmother, and my aunt and uncle. The town is affluent, so the schools are probably good, and for FL it will also probably have a low rate of white trash.

So there are the two options... if he goes boomer. If he gets put on a fast attack sub again (long deployments and even longer hours in port), he'll be at work so much that it won't matter where we live. So Groton, CT is obviously at the top of my list. It's close to both of our families and I already know the area (kind of). I know what there is to do and I like what there is to do up there. The boys would be able to see their families so much more, and when we have a rare weekend where Hubby isn't at work, we might actually get a family member to watch the kids so we could have a date night.

After CT, the other bases are distant seconds (or fourths?). I wouldn't mind Pearl Harbor again, as long as we didn't also do a shore tour there. I can take about a few years until I'm ready to leave the island! San Diego and Norfolk are neck-and-neck for being last, but I think VA has a little advantage over SD. We'd be within driving distance to NH, we know the area already (I'm getting sick of moving to a new place and having to learn the geography every year or two), and the illegal immigration population is much less than San Diego. The last thing I want to do is live within a half hour from Mexico!

So, our lives are looking more and more unsure. Ugh. I absolutely hate that. I want to know where we'll be and what we'll be doing two years from now.

Only 6 more years in the Navy until retirement....