Monday, April 22, 2013

New job, new house, new life....

As most of you know by now, Chad has taken a position with the USAF as a Health Facilitating Officer (HFO-abbreviations are something we will have to get used to). He will be working as an architect with 23 other architects-it's a pretty small and selective department of the Air Force. Not to brag-okay a little, he was selected for this prestigious position out of hundreds of other applicants in a world wide search. Did we ever dream he'd get it, not in a million years, but clearly it was worth his time to go through the tedious 1 1/2 year application process. He will be going in as a Captain (O-3) with 6.5 years as time served, so he will be eligible for promotion to Major (O-4) in 3 years. This is the most exciting decision we've made and will drastically impact our lives. The pay is great, the job security is even better. After working 60-80 hour weeks, a 40 hour week will be a welcomed change. Because of his unique experience working in the private sector for so long and earning his Masters degree and license, he is going in as their most experienced architect and will be used as a mentor to others. We have already been lucky to make friends with a Lt. Col and Major that he will be working with and I am thrilled that they are so kind and supportive.

We just purchased a home in Cibolo, TX-right outside of San Antonio. It's a 40-45 min. drive to the base Chad will be working at, but his colleagues all recommended this one small town and said it's 90% military-which is exactly what we are looking for. We have too big of a family to live on base but want to be surrounded with the military lifestyle. This is the best of both. Here are some pics of our new home. It's 4 bedroom + a game room and sun room, 4 bath, 2 story living room and 2 story entry. We love it. Pics are from the listing site as we haven't been there yet-crazy, we know. We really relied on our realtor to help us through this. Keep in mind, the decorating is that of a 40 something old who loves African decor. We will update when we move in.





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