ブログの更新が止まってしまいましたが、私とさくらは５週間日本で楽しい時間を母親と過ごしました。日本にいる間にいきなりジョシュが中東への長期出張が決まり、さらに出張の前に一ヶ月間（３月下旬から４月下旬まで）シアトルにトレーニングに行く事になり、３月中旬にジョシュの両親がオマハにきてくれデービスと黒をミネソタに連れて帰ってくれました（私とさくらは日本にいた為）５週間日本で過ごした私とさくらはオマハに戻らずジョシュの実家で２週間程、過ごしました（丁度乗り換え空港がミネソタだったのとデービスと黒も実家でお世話になっているのと、私とさくらも実家で過ごすのが一番いいだろうという事になったので）
ジョシュはシアトルでのトレーニング中、ヘイダン君とメメさんが何度もベースにご飯を持ってきてくれたりと、ジョシュは毎日のトレーニングで辛かった部分もあると思うんだけど、そんな時、二人がベースにきてくれて一緒に時間を過ごしてくれてジョシュも本当に楽しかったそうです。本当にありがとう。
（実は４月の中旬からヘイダン君とメメさんが住んでるシアトルに一週間程遊びに行く予定でした、年末にチケットも手配済み、すっごい楽しみにしてました。でもジョシュの出張が決まり、その旅行はなくなってしまったの。でもジョシュのトレーニング先がシアトルだったので、ジョシュはヘイダン君とメメさんに会えました）
ジョシュがシアトルでのトレーニングが終わった後、一旦オマハに戻ってくるというので両親、私とさくら、デービスと黒でオマハに戻りました（両親は数日滞在してミネソタに戻りました）ジョシュの出発がいつになるのか決まらずでしがた、先日、５月１９日に出発する事になりました。私とさくら、デービスと黒はジョシュが出発した後、ミネソタの実家で一ヶ月半過ごす予定、その後、私とさくらは４ヶ月程日本に里帰りし、またミネソタに戻り数週間程度過ごした後、ジョシュが戻ってくる数日前にオマハに戻ってくる予定です。
４月２８日はさくらの１歳の誕生日でした。出産してから１年、この１年は本当に早かった。５月３日はデービスの４歳の誕生日でした。
ジョシュが戻ってきてからの一ヶ月は本当に毎日が早かった。
そして、ジョシュのいない６ヶ月間ジョシュの両親や兄弟、私の母親のサポートに本当に感謝。ありがとう。
Long time no see...err...write. Sorry it has been so long but our 2010 has taken quite a turn. As you may have read from our last post, Takako & Sakura traveled to Japan at the beginning of March and stayed for 5 weeks. During that time is when everything happened. Sakura learned a lot of how to walk, with some help from Takako, in the park just behind Grandma Hideko’s. They video-chatted frequently with Josh who was holding down the fort in Omaha with the boys. Josh was amazed at the strides that Sakura was taking, growing up so fast.
And...if you didn’t already know, about the middle of March, Josh was notified that he needed to fill a spot for an upcoming deployment. The individual that was supposed to go was medically disqualified. He had about 9 days notice before he needed to be out at Fort Lewis near Tacoma, WA to start training with the Army. Even though he is in the Air Force, it is something known as a JET tasking. We are merging not only career fields but many facets of the military are becoming more & more joint operations. While I was out in WA, I was able to meet up with Haydon & Megumi (our friends from Omaha that live in Tacoma now.) Right place at the right time. (We already had purchased tickets to visit them in WA after Takako & Sakura’s Japan trip but that became canceled.)
Quite the logistical nightmare with coordinating the care of our Pugs (with my parents), scheduling lawn care for the entire summer, not to mention Takako & Sakura’s return flight & what they would like to do for the following 6 months. Contact with Takako that same night via video-chat in Japan he broke the news to her about the deployment. The following week, he was medically cleared and boarded the plane for WA. CST was a one-month long, ‘this is the way the Army does it’ class/hand-on instruction. Then as Takako & Sakura were due back in Omaha, they deplaned in Minneapolis where they stayed with Josh’s parents until his possible return at the end of April, before the deployment.
Josh returned back to Omaha at the end of April. His parents met him at the airport & they headed for home to meet the rest of the family. Now it was just a matter of time on how long they will be together before the deployment. We were able to celebrate Sakura’s 1st Birthday & Day-bis’ 4th Birthday. We could spend a lot of quality time together at home. We also just found out that the 19th of May is the day to head to the airport.
We have such gracious families that my parents will welcome Takako, Sakura, Day-bis & Kuro from the end of May. Then in July, Takako & Sakura will once again return to Japan to visit with Grandma Hideko for about 4 months prior to returning to MN awaiting my return. Day-bis & Kuro will wait upon their return in November at which time they will all come down to Omaha. That reunion will be quite a special one. I already can’t wait.
