365 Days in San Diego, Day 1: Limbo

Well if you can believe it, the Cape May chapter of our lives is closed. 

Crazy, I know.

What's crazier is I'm actually sad to say goodbye to our little mid Atlantic beach village. As much as I hated New Jersey, I adored our little town, our little house, and the people we came to call family there.

I was sad the whole six day drive to California. Seeing ugly cities and unfamiliar people and undesirable places. Screw everyone. It's not Cape May and it pisses me off. 

Until of course I saw our view from our room in the Navy Lodge in San Diego which improved my mood a bit.


So there's a lot of dirty details about this military move that we haven't discussed yet. Mainly because it was all up in the air and didn't want to be presidents of the Rumor Mill Club just yet. These are the (almost) official terms of this move.

1) It's a Short Tour. When our detailer told us we were moving to San Diego, he didn't deem to inform us that this billet is only for one year. This is because the boat that Brad is assigned to (USCGC Sherman) is moving to Hawaii to replace a decommissioning boat. The crew will not follow. So, we have to put in picks this fall and go through the whole move process again next summer. Unless by some miracle we get San Diego again, which we want, because who wants to move twice in a year? NOT MY ASS.

2) We don't have a house (yet). As of this moment, our house (part of military housing) will be available to move in on the 24th, which is two weeks from now. Until then we will be living at the Navy Lodge (hotel) at Naval Air Station Coronado in San Diego. However we might move in to a different address sooner because of:

3) Brad's boat is in dry dock out of state and they're jerks. To put it mildly. Another detail that NO ONE thought to tell us about is that the Sherman is in dry dock in Bellingham WA (an hour from our hometown....gooo figure) and his new command wants him to fly up and meet it. Now. Before we move in to the house. Which would leave me moving in alone with a 5 and 3 year old, a trailer Id have to unload alone and a motorcycle I can't drive. So we are waiting on a call from housing with possibly a different address that will allow us to move in sooner.

Until we get some answers, we will carry on sitting here in limbo. But we have beer and the view is nice. 

Endnote: since we only have a year(+) in San Diego, we are going to make it a busy year and cram in as much sightseeing and local adventures as possible. So I'll attempt to blog every day with our discoveries.

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