Possible transfer in the somewhat near future

So, after much deliberation and research, Cory has decided to apply for a transfer to a limited duration posting (LDP) in SK. For those who thought Sturgis was an undesirable place to be posted, well we'll likely be going somewhere much, much worse.

We had originally thought about doing to the Northwest Territories but that would be a 5 year committment that we decided we weren't willing to do. So, then we seriously thought we'd like to go to Nunavut and we were happy with that decision and it's only a 2 year committment. However, after weighing the pros and cons we have decided the best option would be to go to a 2 year LDP in SK.

There are various benefits to going to this type of posting including financial benefits, experience and it should guarantee Cory's releasability from SK when his LDP is completed. Going to an LDP won't guarantee Cory a specific posting but it should help to get us back to the Maritimes upon completion. There is government housing in these type of postings so we would rent one of them and hopefully, it won't take long to sell our house if we do get a transfer. So, Cory got the list of all the 2 year LDP's and I started looking them all up on the map and online to see what I could find out about these communities. Cory also asked his Sgt. for his opinion and we finally made a list of 4 places that we are most interested in going. We picked Ile-a-la-Crosse, La Loche, Sandy Bay and Wollaston Lake. Wollaston Lake is a fly-in only posting but all of the rest have roads into them.

So, now we're just playing the waiting game to see if there are or if there are going to be any openings at any of the places that we picked. There are quite a few 2 year LDP's that we wouldn't even consider going to because they are much too rough and we wouldn't take Cameron there. Our plan is to hopefully be transferred sometime within the next 6 months and that should hopefully guarantee that we'd be transferred out before Cameron has to start school. I will likely have to home school him for kindergarten but I really want him to be able to start grade 1 in a school.

I'll keep you updated on this whole process. Of course, anything could happen and we might end up just staying where we're at...who knows.