Pros/Cons

We've been working on our pros vs. cons list of moving to Hawaii
Here goes:

Pros
Cam really wants to experience living in another state
the weather
sunshine
beach
ocean
big island has 11 different climates...everything but tundra
experience different culture
practice Aloha spirit
have an adventure
everyone will want to come and visit us
we want friends and family to come and stay with us
we loved Maui
our kids are little
Orthodox church in Kona
great priest and priest's wife at church
great charter schools
only have 2 kids in school
we plan to go tv and video game free
downsizing
rent and house prices are great

Cons
expensive move
might not like it
schools are not the best
we'll miss our family and friends and church
a lot of paperwork to bring your pet
finding a job and then another job when and if we moved back
finding a place to live that's right for us
no Ethiopian community
neurology Dr. for Tuba could be an issue

That's what we've got so far...I'm sure there is more...and we will continue to add to it.

Feeling Good

Dare I say this...dare I type it...this quarter is going MUCH better than the last. Cam's schedule is slightly better...meaning he is home more. And that my friend means my life is easier and better. :) Yes, he is still having to work the weekends...but he is off tomorrow...a rare Saturday off. We are having an open house so the 7 of us will go find something fun to do while our realtor shows our house (probably all our neighbors will come to be nosy;).

I think I can see the light at the end of this tunnel...this long tunnel of grad school. I'm getting excited for it to be over and it's feeling like I can make it (at least at this minute in time). I know I'm not the student but I am everything else when Cam is gone so much with classes, clinicals and his regular job too. He will be done at the end of Aug. So, it's still pretty far off but I can feel the downward slide...so Yeah!

We have been talking about all the changes next Fall will bring. We have been seriously discussing a big move. BIG!!! We are talking about moving to Hawaii, the Big Island. Yes, I'm serious! And, YES, we know it's expensive. That is the first thing everyone says when they hear of our plans.

Well, there are many things that led to this idea....and we have been prayerfully considering the idea as well as researching all the pros and cons. Of course spending time there and then coming home to 42 degrees and raining spurred our interest. Cam has wanted to move somewhere BADLY for many years. He comes up with some crazy and as far as I'm concerned some places I never want to live...can you say, St. Cloud, MN? Ummmm....no thank you. No offense for anyone who lives there;). Cam always says how he does not want to get to the end of his life and know that he lived in the same area his whole life. I don't want to move away from our loved ones. The weather where we live isn't my favorite but it's the people that keep me here. But...I would be willing to move somewhere like Hawaii...for a couple of years. I think that I'd want to come back to our home state...but who knows? Neither of us will know unless we move and try living somewhere else? So, we are reading Affordable Living and So You Think You Want To Move To Hawaii and making our pros and cons list.