Worrying for no reason....as always

So as you know a little over a month ago now Logan started CDC here at Yokota. Before this he had been out of daycare for over a year while Isaac was in Korea and I had my awesome time as a stay at home mom.

 

 

I am not gonna lie I was extremely nervous about him going back to CDC. Especially since now he would be in the preschool room. Was he mature enough? Was he going to throw tantrums? Would he get along with kids in the class? Well I will have you know that all of my worries and stresses and frustrations were a complete waste of time. HE LOVES IT!  He wakes up every morning asking when is he going to CDC, he has a great group of friends that he spends all day with and he loves loves loves his teachers Ms. Laima and Ms. Daisy. I mean you would think he has been with them for years.

 

 

The only issue we have had so far is with nap time. I haven't had a kid who takes naps in almost 2 years and he's only 3 1/2 and so of course he wasn't a fan of the 2 hours daily CDC nap time but he does lay down and uses it as quiet time.

 

 

Ms. Daisy and Ms. Laima are both so amazing and I am so lucky that Logan ended up in this classroom with these ladies that care as much about his as much as I do. I am so proud of his transition and how well he has adjusted to his new surroundings and schedule.

 

 

On Monday I had his parent teacher conference and y'all I got the best progress report I could've asked for! He not only expresses his feelings to his teachers and friends, but he is caring and attentive to his friends. He plays well with his classmates, he is the snack monitor (!!!!!!!!!!!!), he knows our train station, where the BIC camera store he loves so much is, Where we used to live, where his cousins live and He even pours his own milk at meal times. He has some things he has to work on still like tracing his name and being able to identify all of his letters but we will get there. Overall I was so pleased with what I heard.

 

 

This stay at home mama is back to work

Isaac taking me to lunch on my first day

I have literally had a job since I was 15 years old. First the mall, then the Air Force and then a BCM at Bank of America. Each of my jobs I loved for different reasons and I had always been a very happy woman who worked. On the other hand when the decision that was best for our family when Isaac got orders to Korea was for me to become a stay at home mom I was glad that for the first time since our son was 6 weeks old I would get to spend all day every day with him again. I was so excited and honestly thought it would be much easier than it was for me. I will say it now and a million times over BEING A STAY AT HOME MOM IS WORK AND IT'S HARD.  I actually think for me it is harder than working. No matter how challenging it's been it has been rewarding in more ways than I can ever put into words. I am so blessed that we had the luxury of me being able to stay home for almost 2 years.

Honestly I would be a stay at home mom forever if I could but my husband gave me an amazing gift in 2013. I had the ability to leave the military and figure out what I wanted to do with my life and career, no pressure to find a job, no forcing me to go to grad school before I was ready just let me explore my options.  As you may or may not know Isaac has had a few injuries in the last few years, some more major than others. In 2012 He had a knee surgery that we thought he recovered well from but in hindsight he never got back to normal. He hasn't cycled since which he really loved, he can't run, walking to far hurts sometimes and now we have another MRI for what they think is a tear in his meniscus. The amount of pain that I see him in every week is so hard. Knowing that he cannot do what he needs to do to keep his career without medical intervention and constant profiles for pt tests put me in a position I didn't think I would be in but who can tell me they wouldn't do whatever they could for their spouse.

Anyway I want to give Isaac the same gift he gave me and that is to let him leave the military and career he has dedicated 10 years to so that he can heal properly, do what he needs to do for his pain management and figure out what he wants to do next. At the end of this tour in Japan we are going to close this chapter and begin a new one. We aren't sure where yet and we don't have all of the answers but we do know that much. With that being said 4-5 years was waaaay to long of a gap to have on my resume so I decided to go back to work so that he can have the same opportunity I had with no pressure.

The career opportunities here are severely limited and there are only 2 BCM positions on this base and both were taken which sucks but I LOVE banking and wanted to continue it if I could so I decided to take a position as a Banking Center Service Representative and postpone my second bachelors degree and go back to my Masters of Science in Management program. Although it is a step down from my last position I am confident that we will be alright going back to the states and the step down is easily explainable since THERE WERE ZERO AVAILABLE POSITIONS lol

I am loving my new position, the company (DOD Community Bank), my coworkers and my managers. It is the most supportive environment I have ever worked in and thankfully I have heard many times that I am catching on quickly. I have only been working a week and I've already worked with customers, helped with a first grade field trip and been pretty involved. I started training on Monday and again, what a wonderful environment. I couldn't have imagined going back to work after 2 years to a better place but I know that everything happens for a reason and that this is the place I am supposed to be for now for whatever reason.

I'm still getting used to working, actually having to be places at a certain time again (that flexible sahm schedule was a bonus) and looking at computers and listening to someone other than a 3 year old all day and I must say that this mama is TIRED! Although the position is part time 30 hours I work every day from 8:15 to 3:15 but some days its 4 and on Fridays it's until 5:30 and every third Saturday so really it ends up being about 35-39 hours which is much less part time and more full time but I honestly am glad because I love it. But setting us up for the chapter is more worth it than I could ever express and I know what I did it for. I thought I would be sad but I actually am enjoying being back in the professional world, dressing up and being in banking again.

 Isaac has been very supportive, everyone including Logan has helped me keep the house cleaned Also thanks to my dear friend Nikita for keeping my dear sweet love bug while we figure out exactly where would be the best fit for him. He's having way too much fun over there lol

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