A bit of an update

So, how did I get myself into this situation? It all started on Wednesday, Aug. 26 when I was going out of my mind crazy with two uncooperative toddlers running around my house. Then a phone call from a school wondering if I was still interested in the reading teacher position. YES! I am still interested, thank you for calling! So, how about an interview tomorrow? Ummm.. well, my in-laws are flying in and I need to coordinate with my husband and I have two toddlers to keep in mind....so sure! Let's say 1pm, enough time to put the girls down, drive to the school, interview and be back in time to kiss my husband as he walks out the door to drive to the airport to pick up his parents. Whew!
Thursday comes and the interview goes very well. The in-laws arrive on US soil safely, although wearied from their long journey. I give the heads up to the family I currently nanny for about the job interview and potential outcome.
Friday morning 8am: I get a phone call asking if I'm still interested in the job because they thought I was a perfect candidate and wanted me to join their staff. Yippie!!! But, you want me to start when? Monday morning? I have two toddlers to keep in mind. And my daughter's birthday is on Tuesday and we already bought our tickets for the State Fair so I'll definitely not be in that day. But okay, why not?
The hunt for daycare begins. Unfortunately, the place we had in mind that we found in the spring no longer had an opening. Crap. Now what?
Monday comes and I go to work for the first time in over two years. Strange. I can't remember the last time I was away from Chloe for this long. Definitely bittersweet. Blessing #1: Thankful to have a job, one that is really a dream job for me, but missing my baby.
Blessing #2: to have my in-laws here! They were super at volunteering to watch Chloe during the day. We had to give them a lesson about how to put on a diaper (it had been a few years....) but once they figured that out, they were ready to play! When I got home on Monday, they were exhausted. They were definitely not used to chasing a toddler all day!
Blessing #3: the family I nanny for already had childcare set up for this week and then they were going on vacation at the end of the week.
Frustration came and doubts were flying in my head about if this was really the right thing to do especially as we continued to call and visit daycares/preschools and either they had no space until January or we visited and it didn't feel right.
Blessing #4: Two weeks into my job, Chloe finally started full-time daycare at a place we love and it's close to our house.
She is adjusting well and flourishing in her new daytime setting. She has already made lots of friends and her vocabulary is already expanding. She gets along well with everyone and is such a loveable little sweetheart. The only bump we've faced is naptime. Today and yesterday she finally took a decent nap but prior to these two days, she had only been sleeping from 40-60 minutes and by 6pm was a total bear!
Oh, and with all this other stuff going on, did I mention that I'm taking a Tuesday night class to finish my reading license?