Hey, we are currently looking at me living wherever DD attends college in 18 months, so #1 would get my vote, as a fellow parent of an only.

Skype and cellular contact don't make up the difference between actually BEING together as a family, but...

it doesn't look to me as though your other options are very good, either. I'm sorry that neither of the other two choices seems better.


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.