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Best News EVERRRRRR!!!!

I had to scream it from the rooftops, and I don't post this stuff on Facebook because I don't like advertising that FI is military and that we're moving next summer because I don't want my job somehow finding out.

However, FI recently decided that instead of taking the BARBRI bar preparation class, where you sit in a classroom 5 days of the week in the two months leading up to the test, he's going to do a much cheaper online version that has equally good reviews.  What this means is that there is no good reason for us to stay in Miami until the bar exam - he'll have no extra income, and my salary alone won't comfortably cover our expenses (barely the rent & utilities, but no food or gas or insurance).  Soooo.... rather than leaving the end of July, we're leaving middle of May as soon as he graduates!!!!

We're going to move in with my parents for those 3 months, which is cool because they're really easy to live with and happy to have us.  FI can use the furnished basement as his personal study den, and the puppy can spend her days down there with him.  I'm going to get a summer job at a camp or something similar, which at the end of the day will end up giving me more money than my current job with all the living expenses deducted.

Sooo.... rather than 36 weeks until we leave Miami... I only have 23 weeks!!!!!!!!!  Whooooooopy!!!!

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  • kara811kara811 member
    2500 Comments Third Anniversary
    edited December 2011
    Yay! Sounds like you two have it all planned and figured out! I know how much you've been wanting to get out of Miami. 
  • BinxRoseBinxRose member
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    edited December 2011
    Yahhhh that is so exciting!!
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  • ggirl2001ggirl2001 member
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    edited December 2011
    Awww yayy!!! congrats! I'm so excited for you~ 
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  • calindicalindi member
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    edited December 2011
    Kara - as much as I whine and complain, I still think you ladies have only a brief idea of how very much I hate this place and can't wait to get out!!!  This is AWESOME news! 

    I mean, living with my parents will be a bit of an inconvenience, but we're super grateful that they'll help us like that and they're really easy overall.  It will be WONDERFUL to not have to spend another summer here.

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  • IrishcurlsIrishcurls member
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    edited December 2011
    Yay that's awesome Cal!!!
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    Yayyy!!!! I'm so excited for you!!!!
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  • divinemsbeedivinemsbee member
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    edited December 2011
    Congrats! That's awesome news!
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  • melbelle24melbelle24 member
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    edited December 2011
    Yay! That's awesome news, and sounds like it's going to work out great for everybody. Congrats!!!
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  • tyleet87tyleet87 member
    500 Comments
    edited December 2011
    That's great news Cal! Congrats! :)
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  • kara811kara811 member
    2500 Comments Third Anniversary
    edited December 2011
    Cal: I just read that Miami is top 8 for being the saddest city in the country. I'm starting to really understand why you want to get out of there so badly! Wink
  • calindicalindi member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_military-brides_news-everrrrrr?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:13Discussion:49755ec3-1f57-4aac-9ac6-62d5a234e9b0Post:a648ba95-094d-414d-923d-ad181b1bfa60">Re: Best News EVERRRRRR!!!!</a>:
    [QUOTE]Cal: I just read that Miami is top 8 for being the saddest city in the country. I'm starting to really understand why you want to get out of there so badly! 
    Posted by kara811[/QUOTE]

    Haha, I don't doubt it!  People are MEAN!

    Today I was walking my dog, and we were on a suburban side street with basically no traffic.  And a car pulled up behind me and honked, so I pulled a little closer to the side, though there was still plenty of space for him to go around me (I don't like walking on the grass because Sasha decides it's time to lie down and let me drag her).  He literally pulled as close to me as he could, and his mirror hit my side.  I was shocked and pissed!  There was like a whole 15 feet on his other side between him and the curb, and not another car in sight! 

    And every time junk like that happens, we just have to shrug and go, "That's Miami."  Well, I'm damned sick of it!  I'm ready for people to treat others with human decency 9 times out of 10, rather than the other way around - it's a miracle if someone reacts in a normal, rational, reasonable, non-confrontational way around here.

    23 weeks..... 23 weeks.... YAY!!!!  I think I'm going to try to nanny for the summer - super flexible, under the table, and I love kids.  Plus it'll keep me from feeling like I'm doing the 9-to-5 crunch, and I'll be able to play with the kids and do activities, so it'll be good before the wedding.

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  • kara811kara811 member
    2500 Comments Third Anniversary
    edited December 2011
    Geez, that guy really did that? What an a**hole. Sorry for the potty mouth but that's very irritating. I'm really glad you're moving sooner than expected! 
  • calindicalindi member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_military-brides_news-everrrrrr?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:13Discussion:49755ec3-1f57-4aac-9ac6-62d5a234e9b0Post:89072c62-3dc5-4676-be18-5c197e30ffa1">Re: Best News EVERRRRRR!!!!</a>:
    [QUOTE]Geez, that guy really did that? What an a**hole. Sorry for the potty mouth but that's very irritating. I'm really glad you're moving sooner than expected! 
    Posted by kara811[/QUOTE]

    That's not even the worst of it, but it's the most recent.  It's just par for the course around here!  Ugh!

    Annnnnnd even better news - I reached out to the Programs Director for my hometown to ask when they would be looking to fill roles for the summer camp programs they run, and he wrote me back within 30 minutes to ask me to come in for an interview (he knows I'm not up there yet, but he asked if I was visiting) for a director position for one of two programs - either the regular summer camp, or a new outdoors camp they have for teens!  Yayyyyy!!!!!!

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  • edited December 2011
    yay!! That's wonderful!
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  • edited December 2011
    YAY!! I am very exctied for you both.  Wonderful news around the holidays! 
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