Thanks Gardengirl. Academia is a world of its own.
Since my job is part-time, we are dependent on my husband's job for health insurance benefits so there is no way he could take a year off.
As far as the kids going with us, the 15 year old certainly will. My oldest will be 25 when we move and he has some mental health issues. He is in that gray area where he isn't fully disabled, but we worry about him. He probably won't want to come along; what 25 year old woud? But the thought of leaving him behind with no support system and no one to keep an eye on him really makes me anxious.
#2 child will be just graduating when we leave here in a year. I'm not worried about him at all. He is in a field with a high demand for employees and good salaries.
#3 will be halfway through college. Transferring is diffucult, but not impossible. She also has a very serious boyfriend who is here and whose family is here. She is going to have to make some tough choices.
Hanging in there,
Karen
