New Chapter

Well, Bryan left for work.  If you have read my blog before you know that my husband is a paramedic and has been for 20 years now.  It is a career he actually got into by accident but has loved ever since he started.  Not many people know this, but he got accepted to medical school while I was pregnant with baby #2, Bella, and turned it down because A: he loved what he was doing and B: he loved me/babies, and the time he would've been giving up was not worth it. (the almighty dollar sign isn't everything, folks!)  He has worked for a couple different companies, each opportunity ending up being better than the one before, and last time I actually wrote about his full time job was last year about this same time.  I have since written about some of his little part time gigs also, but as of June of this year, Bryan took a full time position in Elko, Nevada. I know, GASP, Elko???  Seems a little remote and far away, right?  Only a little bit and I can explain what I mean.  In the full time job post I know I talked about how much he was gone.  He was working only an hour away at the time, but he was gone over half of the week, sometimes a week or more at a time!  With his new job, he drives down and does a 72 hour shift, then he is home for 9 days!  Now let me just make this clear, that is 3 days working, 9 days off in a row!!!  This is the best schedule we have ever had since we have been married!  Not only that, he is back to being a flight medic for a helicopter as well as a fixed wing airplane.  He is beyond happy and so are the kids and myself.  The best part of this whole thing is that he can actually have a life now!  He has never been able to play sports before and he has been playing indoor soccer with me on a team.  He has hardly been able to see the kids' soccer games and now he is actually coaching Curty's Team and loving it!  He missed a lot of functions/programs at the school and now he not only gets to see a lot of them, he is volunteering in Bella's class helping with her robotics project/contest.  I was usually the one who was here when the kids got home from school, and I was the one who was getting them ready in the mornings too because he would be gone, but now, he is here too!  It has made my life so different!  The kids and I have had to train him, I am not going to lie, but I can clearly see the difference him being here has made in their relationship for sure!  I have always said how proud of him I am, but it is so great to finally get to have a life truly "together", rather than a life where he feels like an intruder into the everyday functions of the family when he finally gets home.  The new job and schedule changes have allowed for a lot more opportunities to be together and bond.  I miss him when he is gone, but I sure enjoy him when he is here...most of the time...hehe ;)  So glad for this new chapter in our lives!  I LOVE YOU, BRYAN!