Just as hard to read this as the day you told us. As we discussed it’s the right move to make. On the bright side it gives me another vacation place.
Not that hank could be replaced, but I now have an opening for a drinking buddy
Been super busy with work as it is our busy time getting the tanks ready for the summer grade fuel.
About 2 months ago, a mandatory employee meeting was announced. As the 2 floors gathered in one of the main conference rooms, the director proceeded to give us the news that we have been expecting for the last 20 years but never thought would happen.
The lease for the building we are currently in wouldn't be renewed and they were moving the Orange offices to Houston where the main headquarters are located.
About a year from now (give or take), I'll be moving to the Houston area. I was pretty pissed and bummed at first, but I have since tried to look at the positives of this life changing move.
As with pretty much everything in life, there are pluses and minuses. My salary won't change, so we'll be in a much better financial situation. It's not like we are hurting here in California, but my wife definitely won't have to go back to work in Texas if she desires not to (although she said she would, or else she'd probably turn into a wino
The company will pay for everything as far as selling my house and paying the closing costs, moving company, etc ... and will give me a percentage of my salary as an incentive. For this package to be effective, I only need to live in Houston for one year ... after that, I am free to relocate, transfer, find another job, whatever.
Although I'm not really looking forward to the ball-dragging humidity, it'll be nice to get out of this fucked up state. I've lived here my whole life, but I have been seeing how this place has been going into the shitter over the last X amount of years.
Every time I think about leaving our friends it does bum me out, but such is life and traveling back out here will be easy for a quick weekend trip for beers.
That being said -- When life hands you lemons, make a cocktail.
See you fuckers at Desert Storm.
Cheers
Leasing a home is the best way to do it. You can then find the areas that work best, beat the traffic, schools, and safer neighborhoods.
Hank. Good friends of ours live outside of Houston and have been there since 2013. He used to manage a big mall downtown.
Spring is a good area. Woodlands/Conroe commutes offer the Hardy to avoid I45.
You might also look NW toward Cypress, from Beltway 8 outbound. The Cy-Fair schools are good. They are in the somewhat final stages of the Hwy 290 expansion and should make the traffic a "little" better heading into downtown. Lots of nice subdivisions out that way. Cole's Crossing and Black Horse to name a couple. The commute to downtown depending on time of day will be an hr or so most days. May be less with the expanded freeway. Best part is, you will be an hour closer to the Hill Country lakes above Austin. You can also look at the Katy area, Cinco Ranch. I10 and 99 area. Good schools and lots of activity there. South of downtown is Pearland. Lots and lots of folks are moving there. Don't know, but they say good schools and not that far from downtown or Galveston Bay. Kemah area has some good seafood places.
Spring isn't bad at all. Just don't buy or rent a house that is close to the creeks, just to be safe. When you get that far out, it's not much farther to hit the Woodlands. However, Exxon just moved a big office and 3K + jobs there and have been told that housing is going through the roof.
Been super busy with work as it is our busy time getting the tanks ready for the summer grade fuel.
About 2 months ago, a mandatory employee meeting was announced. As the 2 floors gathered in one of the main conference rooms, the director proceeded to give us the news that we have been expecting for the last 20 years but never thought would happen.
The lease for the building we are currently in wouldn't be renewed and they were moving the Orange offices to Houston where the main headquarters are located.
About a year from now (give or take), I'll be moving to the Houston area. I was pretty pissed and bummed at first, but I have since tried to look at the positives of this life changing move.
As with pretty much everything in life, there are pluses and minuses. My salary won't change, so we'll be in a much better financial situation. It's not like we are hurting here in California, but my wife definitely won't have to go back to work in Texas if she desires not to (although she said she would, or else she'd probably turn into a wino
The company will pay for everything as far as selling my house and paying the closing costs, moving company, etc ... and will give me a percentage of my salary as an incentive. For this package to be effective, I only need to live in Houston for one year ... after that, I am free to relocate, transfer, find another job, whatever.
Although I'm not really looking forward to the ball-dragging humidity, it'll be nice to get out of this fucked up state. I've lived here my whole life, but I have been seeing how this place has been going into the shitter over the last X amount of years.
Every time I think about leaving our friends it does bum me out, but such is life and traveling back out here will be easy for a quick weekend trip for beers.
That being said -- When life hands you lemons, make a cocktail.
See you fuckers at Desert Storm.
Cheers
