Well Hello Again

I know, I know. It's been way too long. I can't even remember the last time I was on here. Life has been crazy and stressful lately so I've neglected my blog.

I'm back because I have to write out some stress and frustration.

My husband has decided to get out of the military. He is officially done in March. He has a conditional offer of employment with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police department. He just has to pass the polygraph I believe and he will be accepted into the academy. This is awesome news because until this I had no idea what our future was looking like and I'm not comfortable being that blind.

There are a couple huge obstacles we have to work through though. First, as of right now the academy doesn't start until June of 2013. So that means he will be without work for 3 months. That puts a lot of pressure on me to be able to financially support us during that time.

So the second obstacle is that I need to find a job in Charlotte relatively soon. I would transition my job with Sears out there but I don't make enough to be able to cover rent and bills all by myself. So I need to put my degree to use and hopefully find a finically supportive career. It has been the goal all along obviously but when you put a time limit on the search it becomes a lot more stressful.

The third obstacle is going to be convincing my husband that we need to rent for at least the first 6 months. He wants to buy a house right away but in order for my income to be on the loan I would have to either be transferring my job to Charlotte or have been working in the area for at least 30 days. He thinks I should go out there by myself in January to start working and live with my aunt and uncle until he can join me. I have absolutely put my foot down on this. Renting is our only option and I don't see why he doesn't see that. I refuse to leave my daughter for that amount of time and I think it is just too big of a decision to make so quickly. Plus it puts a lot more stress on us that is unnecessary.

On a positive note, I finally got my NC license. Third times the charm I guess.

I am so stressed. I have no idea how people transition out of the military smoothly. I feel like we are about to be jobless and homeless.

Advice?