Many of you may have noticed that the Hobbit has been extremely distracted as of late. Posts are erratic at best and there is a very good reason for this. The Hobbit has been working on a major change in his family’s life: his migrating west to San Antonio. I’ve had to keep it very secret, in fact we will not even announce it at work until tomorrow! Mrs. Hobbit and I have wanted to return there since we left 5 years ago and have always looked for an opening. We felt that this summer was going to be the best opportunity so I contacted my old boss at USAA to see what the positions looked like for the summer. He notified me that he actually had a position that had been open to the public for a couple of months with no qualified candidates. The problem was that the position needed to be filled quickly (long before the summer). So Mrs. Hobbit and I talked it over and decided that if I got the position, she would be able to be a single parent until the summer (hence the Flip-flop title of this post). It was still scary and awkward because we were truly taking a step on faith. She did not have a job in San Antonio and if the Air Force decided not to move her, or move her somewhere else, we would be getting introduced to the proverbial creek upon which no paddle will hold! We talked that out though and decided that even if her position would be elsewhere, the chance to get back with USAA and prepare for her ultimate retirement just couldn’t be passed. Of course, we prayed constantly for God to make this work out for us and to make it the best thing for our family. This past week, we received notice that in fact, Mrs. Hobbit will move Randolph AFB in Schertz, TX by the end of June 2009. We could not be more excited!

So, if everything goes according to the current plan, the Hobbit will be packing up the RV on February 5th and migrating to San Antonio to begin work on February 9th. I’ll live in the RV for 5 months and as soon as school gets out here in Northern Virginia, the rest of the clan will follow suit. At some point closer to June, we will purchase a house which will, hopefully, be our final resting place for 10-15 years until our complete and udder (yes, I know this is the wrong spelling, get over it) retirement in South Louisiana on the same property which my parents and siblings currently reside. Doesn’t that sound just like a Hallmark card?

There are no plans to discontinue the Hobbit blog, in fact, with the family having to read more about me than to experience me first-hand, I may have to blog more often; though Skype will once again be a very good friend to us!

So, now you have the complete tale and I hope that you all will join me in a prayer of thanksgiving and praise for answered prayers!

Stay tuned tomorrow for my first blog in the post-apocalyptic era code-named Obamanation. Only 1461 days until the next President!