Updates

Since the last time I've been on this thing, a lot has happened! Where do I even begin to update you guys on what has been going on since. Well, we aren't pregnant, that's for sure. Unfortunate news, done for. But on the bright side, my mother-in-law is planning on retiring from Kumon, after 25 great years of service to this organization! Can you believe that? 25 years of doing Kumon. For all those years, she's seen the organization go from humble beginnings to what it has become now, a global market! Kumon has flourished and become a global brand, everyone knows the brand, that it's an afterschool MATH AND READING program. The fact that we are able to keep the business within the family name is such an honor. She graciously decided to hand over the reigns onto me, so I'll be running the 2nd branch, as of April 2019. With that comes greater responsibilities. The location that my husband and I are running now has grown, immensely! We are so close to reaching max capacity in our location that we are busting at the seams. We'll have to either move to another location with more space to accommodate all the students, expanding our space either to the next unit. Or, we'll have to open more days. But I'm hoping we won't. I'm in the training process of taking over the 2nd location, while I'm in the 1st year of my Early Education Studies program. We just took our last exam of the first semester of the program. How exciting! It went much more smoothly than I expected. I was in great distress about continuing with the program, alongside taking over the 2nd location, along with managing the 1st Kumon location but I think I'll manage just fine. After this last exam, I realized that the friendships I've made and the values I've learned through this first semester has taught me a great deal. My only concern about continuing on with my education is that, something will have to give. Either the quality of the Kumon centres will not be as great, or my grades will sink. I only have 24 hours in a day, 7-8 hours of it goes into sleep. I will not budge on my sleep! But at the same time the hours I have for social life, running Kumon, managing Kumon, up keeping with it and having to go to class plus studying. It's almost impossible. On top of this demanding schedule, the pressure to get pregnant, have a child and start a family. Someone please tell me, how do I go about this?