As Marc's post suggests, we have really been "riding the rollercoaster" the last few weeks. We really want Brussels if possible as it would aford the opportunity for so much travel around Europe. Consequently we have really been praying and keeping our fingers crossed. It seems like every time we get a "little news / update" our hopes are dashed as we are told the chances are small. Then, a few days latter when I have finally resigned myself to Hunstville (albeit not that bad considering we would have a new house) they come back and tell us Brussels is still in play. We put the contract on the house when they told us the chances of Belguim were about 3%. Now they tell us our chances are as much as 50%. Our contingency runs out the end of September, but we don't know if we will know anything definite by then. Last night Marc got a call asking if we would be able to move to Hunstville in November and rent until we know something definite possibly in February or so and then move to Brussels. Easy for them to say... do we let the house go and take a chance that if we don't get Brussels they won't have sold it to someone else? Do we stay with the contract after the contingency expires and take a chance at loosing our earnest money? The contingency is based on Marc's company "transferring him to Huntsville" If we are only in Hunstville for 6 months will the builder treat that as a transfer and not return our earnest money? (The house is due to be completed in mid February) Do we buy new cars? (We don't own any right now) What would we do for transportation if we end up in Hunstsville for 6 months before they send us to Brussels? Buy a cheap one and then sell it when we leave or when we buy "new / permanent" ones? Do we get our stuff out of storage or leave it where it is in Florida? We don't even know at this point where we will be spending the holidays. It is really difficult planning for this move when we don't know for sure where we will end up or when. It would be so much easier if they would just send us directly to Brussels. We have had our hopes up and then dashed about 4 times in as many weeks. Right now we are in back in "hopeful" mode. We'll have to keep you posted.