The Options

A few months ago, Trevin started the process of applying for a job back in Orange County California. The position is located at Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base. He started his career in the Department of Defense there and we really liked the tower and its location. We will be close to the beach and family and have a front row seat to all the fun, traffic and outrageously overpriced housing southern California has to offer. However, we never expected the process to take as long as it has. We have received an offer but are still waiting for an official start date.

In the meantime, he received a different job offer at Fort Huachuca, AZ. It is a higher GS level in a radar facility. Trevin was stationed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson for almost 6 years so we are familiar with the goods (gorgeous sun sets and nice Christmas Day swimming weather) and bads (needing to buy Baron the dog shoes again so he doesn't scald his feet) of the desert. However, we are not familiar with Fort Huachuca or Sierra Vista. It has only been a week since we first learned about the job offer in Arizona and we are already progressing much faster in the hiring process than the California job. That is a bonus for us because we are getting tired of being in the "we might be moving" category and are ready to "be moving".

So now we get to start the process of deciding which position we think will work best for our family and which will help us reach our future goals. In order to help make some decisions, Trevin and I are going to take a "Scouting" trip next week. Two nights in both places just the two of us. It should be an interesting experience!