So this week is the week that my dad decides whether or not he will take the call that has been extended to him from Good Shepherd Lutheran School in Simi Valley, CA or stay and work at CUAA for one more year and then retire and move home.
Plus if he takes it: more free time(it's a part time job) so he will be able to be home more and work on more things. He will make the transition to retirement in one year easier because, instead of just working full steam for another year and then stopping cold turkey, he'll be able to cut back his hours and then, once he decides to retire, it will be much easier to go from part-time to occasionally rather than from full time (80+ hours some weeks) to nothing....
We(fam) get to go home. Dereem is in CA, James and fam, Pat, and Michelle and Steve are all in CA, while the only family that we have here is cousins.
We have to live in our house for two years before we can sell it and move somewhere else, and the deck needs a lot of work so that is another plus...we can move and get started on that rather than waiting for another year.
Getting out of MI and the winters and bad cars....
CONS: neighbors...Deni and LeAnn no longer have Lady(TTL) but they are still rather unpleasant...Deni was ok with mom(not with me) in Jan. only because Martina was there. For me and mom, finding a job and figuring out work...unemployment in CA?? BAH.
Dad leaving when he's already planned out things for CUAA....minor inconvenience but still...earthquakes and fires....eh....we'll deal

So, whenever he makes the decision this week(he wants to make it this week so that he can let the students know before they leave (finals are next week and graduation is the weekend after), we have a 24 hour waiting period to pray about it before telling anyone( that is going to be super hard because what am I supposed to say if someone asks me. LOL
Packing and deciding what stays and what goes is going to be interesting if we decide to move. I'm hoping that we get rid of our super large, old TV and just buy a new flatscreen when  we get back to CA....that current TV is a bear....
and there is the fact that Dereem is in Bakersfield, if I want to live there I can move there and continue applying for jobs....
we'll see once Dad says go or stay......
COME ON MAN!!!!!!!!! DECIDE ALREADY!!!!!!! It's like everyone's been saying.....IT'S A NO BRAINER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Updates to follow......