5. You will regret that DIY move halfway across Iowa.
When the kids are screaming, and there isn’t enough space in all of the cornfields to separate them, and your great-aunt Mildred’s armoire is cracked from that darn cattle guard (who puts a cattle guard in the middle of freaking nowhere?!), and your husband got called to duty early and flew to the next duty station via a first class free upgrade and your closest friends are nowhere near Iowa because they know better and tried to warn you, and…. Trust me, no matter how bad it gets, you aren’t alone. We’ve all done it, which is why we can all preach we will never do it again. Think how much wiser you’ll seem when you’re the one with a smug look accompanying your Pinot as you warn a new spouse NOT to DIY it to California, especially if it looks like GPS will swing them through Iowa…
