Day of Firsts- Back to School for the Kids and A New Job for Me

Kaylee-3rd grade

Kianna-1st grade.
She is really into owls and despite the really hot weather insisted on wearing her new long-sleeved owl shirt.

Trace- 3-day Pre-K

Our Cuties

Trace and Mrs. Keeler

Today was the kids' first day of school: Kaylee is in 3rd grade with Ms. Arquette; Kianna is in 1st grade with Mrs. Banks; and Trace is in 3-day Pre-K with Mrs. Keeler. Despite having an excellent summer, the kids were all very excited to start school again. Personally, I wasn't quite sure if I was ready to deal with the stress of getting the four of us out the door on time every morning, but ready or not school is back in session. We had a great first morning and two out of the three kids had a great first day of school.

Kaylee loves her new teacher and declared today the "best day ever". She made a new friend, Makenna, and already wants to schedule a playdate with her. Kianna came home a bit grumpy, or maybe a lot grumpy. She got her feelings hurt at recess when two kids cut in front of her when she was standing in line. Unfortunately for her, that overshadowed the rest of her day. She did admit to liking her new teacher. She had PE, chapel and music class today and seemed to enjoy each of them. Trace said "Mom, Mrs. Keeler is a REALLY good teacher. He was excited that they had a scavenger hunt which led to fruit snacks, a juice box, and goldfish in his locker. It doesn't get much better than that!

After dropping the kids off at school, I was off to start my new job at In Home Rehab. I will be working on Mondays and Fridays while the kids are in school and will be home with Trace on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Not too shabby! So why the job change you ask? Well let me tell you...

For the last year, I have worked at Lenawee Medical Care Facilty. I have enjoyed working there, but out of the blue this new job came into my radar. In Home Rehab is located on the campus of Siena Heights University and inside the Dominican Life Center, which is a retirement home for nuns here in Adrian. There are 200 nuns that live on campus and 800 in the county. The appeal for this new job is that it offers the same flexibility as my other job, but the patients only need to be seen 2-3 days a week instead of 5 days per week. Since they only need to be seen two days a week that means that I will be the only physical therapist they will work with. This is a HUGE plus for me!

At Lenawee Medical, I would see different patients each day I worked, which made it difficult to know what treatments were working and what weren't since they were seen by a variety of therapy staff when I wasn't seeing them. It also made it difficult to develop relationships with my patients. I'm excited about my new job as I will be able to build better rapport with my patients and grow more as a therapist. My first day went well. I have some really nice coworkers and enjoyed the sisters I worked with. So far so good! Thanks God for this new opportunity. Overall, I would say our day of firsts was a success.