New Place to Call Home

We haven't received our hard copies yet of our orders and so therefore we are not ready to share what the Navy has in store for us just yet.  But it will be a whole new place and landscape for us.  Each place we call home comes with it's on joys and challenges.  And the attitude about the location has a whole lot to do with how much joy it can bring.  And I refuse to go into a move thinking how horrible it is going to be if the location wasn't what I was hoping for.  But each move raises a whole set of questions and answers and planning.

1. Is this a "good" move for Zack, for us?
2. Do we know anyone there?
3. Do we know anyone that used to lived there...or friends of friends?
4. What do we know about it?
5. What is the weather/climate like?
6. Find appropriate Facebook pages and "Like" them all!
7. How much will the paycheck be?
8. How much will we get for housing?
9. Buy, rent, or base Housing?
10. Utility costs?
11. Washer and Dryer included in base housing?
12. Is there a commissary, NEX, or hospital?
13. What type of insurance do we need to have?
14. Cell Phone provider that has coverage in that area?
15. What's on the base? Movie Theater? Bowling? Etc.?
16. Preschool opportunities and cost associated?
17. Visit greatschools.org and look out the school system.
18. What's around in the community? Travel opportunities?

And the list could go on and on!  But moving each time is starting over.  Now that I know where we are headed I feel myself already starting to "check out" here.  I feel myself becoming less invested and slowly becoming more aware and invested in the base and area of our new home.  "Liking" the spouse page, command page, and various community pages has already slowly started filling my head with information and various possibilities for us and the kids.  We will hit the ground running! :)