Moving

The weather gives me, what I feel, is a good excuse to bum out. I should be getting up from the computer and continuing the packing and tidying to do list. I still have more items to pair down and pack. I hate packing, I hate moving. But that’s life. The whole world is ever changing and this girl can adapt. At this point in my life I can no longer count the number of times  I have moved. But being a military spouse has gotten me even more accustomed to moving. I am less than 30 days away from once again moving from the continental United States for Japan. I lived there briefly for a year. I traveled around and ate mostly. Mmmm. Then I came back to work. Can’t risk losing my nursing license! I worked waaaay to hard to get it. I now have plenty of time under my belt that going back won’t be an issue in that regard but there are others. The job market is pitiful in Yokosuka, Japan. Hence the having to come back to find work. Several things worked against me and my job prospects. I don’t speak or read or write Japanese. I attempted to teach myself but it was no luck. I retained a few words and mannerisms  to get by without being a stupid american tourist. The military hospital that everyone suggests i work at isn’t hiring. Maybe once or twice a year. The amount of nurses local to Japan and around the world hoping to get that job is astronomical. I am an LPN and I was prepared to take anything however so were RNs and NPs. My hopes were dashed. Next plan…Teach English! And the research into that lead me to “if I am desperate to get away, this could work but there is no money here” by the time i factored in childcare costs and train fare and whatever taxes may have been removed depending on how the student was obtained would leave me breaking even at best. Then my plan was to do a home based business. I can cook, I can crochet, I can quilt, I can bake, in all honesty I can do anything I put my mind to. *Hi Blog* However the base was in flux with leadership changes and policies changed with how home businesses work and the stipulations. Most people who were already approved remained grandfathered in, but new applicants were lost to the mists of time. Which lead our family to decide that the best thing for us financially was to return to the states and work and save save SAVE. (I am not good at saving. I am sure my husband could attest to the fact that if spending was an Olympic sport I would get the gold every time.) Regardless, I accomplished a lot in the time I have been away and now were are in a place where reuniting my family is once again a possibility. So now I am finishing my remaining 2 weeks at my current job and then 2 weeks after I will be back in Japan with my husband. So for now I am cleaning, and packing, and planning the next steps. Oh, and Christmas is coming. No pressure.

-Cait