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so! there's a lot to update you on. since I last wrote about my life, we were nearing the end of 2020. I reflected on the chaos of the year and Alex and I had started to plan for our future: kids, careers, moving. since then, we've moved apartments, had my cousin as a roommate, quit my teaching job, got pregnant and had a baby, adopted a second cat, moved in with my family, and moved to Japan! it's been A LOT to process these last five years. it's still hard to fully process everything since we know living in Japan is temporary (we'll be moving back to the US sometime in 2027). plus, we've started to plan for a second baby (!!) so that's going to throw everything up in the air again. this period of our life will fluctuate so much so I have to keep reminding Alex (and myself) that it's all so temporary. it won't feel like this forever, we just have to be flexible.