the big secret.... REVEALED!

alright, i know you've been on the edge of your blogging worlds lately..... remember when i posted that we had a big secret, but i couldn't tell you yet?  well now, i'm happy to announce that we are moving!!

several months ago, caleb was up for re-enlistment, and he did what is called a lat move.... where you change billets {known as a job in the civilian world.... i embrace the civilian terms} but still in the same line of work.... if that makes any sense at all.  caleb previously worked as an air framer for an HMLA unit with hueys and cobras {helicopters}.  he now works as an air framer for ospreys.... so basically, he just changed aircraft.  regardless, he's still sexy and comes home with greasy hands.  just sayin'.

so he's been in school for eleven weeks, learning about the ospreys.  we knew we had a chance of moving, but didn't know if it would be to a different base in north carolina, or elsewhere.  caleb called me one day last week and told me that we got orders to move to california!!!!  we will be stationed at MCAS miramar outside of san diego.  before we move any further with this story, let me just list some reasons why i am beyond thrilled to move to cali....

• it's 70 degrees and sunny year round.... YEAR ROUND, people!
• we will pretty much live in Shamu's backyard.... and i have a serious love affair with all that is SeaWorld, although i have not been {yet}
• anthropologie is local again.... i don't really need to elaborate on this. *wink*
• whole foods is local again.... when we lived in atlanta, grocery night was date night when whole foods was involved!
• target has two stories {whaaaaat?!}
• we are alot closer to my parents {aka memaw and grandpa jim!}
• um, hello?? we are getting out of jacksonville, north carolina..... nuff said!

anyway.... as i was telling him on the phone how ecstatic i was to go to california {a state i've never actually set foot in....}, he interrupts me and says, "that's not all...."  oh.  he then proceeds to tell me that this was the only osprey unit with openings and they were having trouble finding marines to send there because the entire unit was reactivated and will be sent in 2013 to Okinawa, Japan!  OHHHHHH.  for the first time in my entire life, i said "SHUT UP" to someone as a true valley girl would have done..... hello?! we are now world travelers thanks to the marine corps.  amelia gets to see the world, and i get to eat real sushi and buy rosetta stone japanese level one.  i'm pumped.  i'm super pumped, folks.

the reason why the subject was sensitive enough that i couldn't post about it before now was because we didn't have a move date until friday.  we move march first.... as in 43 short days from now.  so after telling family, close friends and my boss - i can now put this out all over the interwebs and we can all be excited together! *wink*  oh, believe me, there will be many pictures coming.  i.... can't.... wait!