From one merry go round to the next

We are officially off the Christmas go round and now onto the coaching go round. One of my least favorite times of the year is between Christmas and the beginning of off-season football. This may not mean anything to most of you but for a coaches family it holds the potential for a move. This is the magic time of year when coaches are fired, hired, and reshuffled. We have just completed our third season at Houston (which ties a record - we were also at A&M for three years) and there are quite a few reasons I'd like to stay here. Mainly because our son seems to enjoy school and his friends and looks forward to junior high next year. The older he gets the more difficult it becomes to leave. We are close to family which is such a big help to me and I love the occasional shopping trip with my mom (not so easy if we live in another state). Also, we bought a house 8 month ago. Need I remind anyone that the last time we actually owned a house we lived there for 8 months before moving to College Station. It took as almost as long to sell it as we lived in it. Chad is in no danger of losing his job (at least that we know of) and we can just sit back and coast right into another season. In fact, the Coogs even won their bowl game! Yeah! But, and this is a big but, Chad definitely wants to be a head strength coach. And I definitely want that for him. So that means every year around this time he will be looking and putting his name out there and I will be holding my breath! For now I am still internet shopping for home decor and have a huge wish list ready if we stay put for another season.