NO BIGGIE! We have the AIR FORCE.......

By now I had hoped we would all be on a plane bound for Colorado. After all we have plane tickets.. We woke up (Shit what day is today) umm.. 2 days ago to find out our flight has been delayed.  No biggie, I will just extend us at the Navy lodge.   

As it turns out that was not an option.  It seems even if we are PCS'ing on orders we do not get  priority for a room.  And they were full.  No biggie!  I will just call the Lodge in Yokota and see if they have any rooms.  Yes, success, they had a room.  The kicker, we all had to be up at 3, at PSD by 4 and the bus would leave at 5.  Yes, ladies and gents that is 3 AM.  I spent the day washing our laundry. (more like getting robbed blind). It took hours for our clothes to dry.  NO biggie!  I trudge on, get things washed, dried, packed, and wrapped.  The boys were all 3 showered, and feed.  Christopher had his last party at a friends.  Kim and I sang our song, made sticky pictures, cried, hugged, said goodbye and I was ready to go.  

We make it to the bus, arrive in Yokota only to find out we have yet again been delayed.  No one is sure how long, but it shouldn't be to long.  Said the nice wonderful Air Force man.  No biggie.  We can head over to the Lodge, take a nap and by noon we should know something.  

Here is where I HAVE TO give credit to the Air Force.  THEY F'ING ROCK!  The nice gentleman that meet us at the terminal went out of his way to take care of us!  He made  sure we had an entitlement briefing.  He arrange for transportation to the lodge, and got the boys a pop tart.  I know that seems like small potato's but when you  have been up for hours with 3 starving kids it makes all the difference in the world.  They even loaded our luggage for us!  

We arrive here at that lodge, only to find out they didn't have any rooms available until after 2.  We were welcome to sit in the lobby.  And, this is where my days of No BIGGIE became a BIGGIE~  I was done.  Had my fill, and was headed for a full fledged melt down.  Things went down hill fast from there.  Ian called back to Yoko, only to be told they had no information for us.  But we could feel free to call back Monday afternoon!  Well let me tell you! That was not working for either of us. Ian quickly made some more phone calls, waking more then one person up (they have no business sleeping so damn late on a Saturday anyway).   By noon we were in a room, with full assurances that we would be reimbursed for every single expense.  Right down to the coffee I have to main line just to keep my eyes open!    Sometime tonight we should have a new flight itinerary and be able to give my mother in law dates and times of our arrival!   I sure hope the Navy understands the last thing they want is my mother in law flying over here to get us home.  I promise it will not be a pretty site!!! 

So, here I sit in the lobby of the Lodge in Yokota, (the only place they have internet access) Pizza Hut consumed, Peyton happily watching a rented movie, and the boys playing with the neighbor kids.  They were neighbors of ours back in Yoko and are stuck in transition hell right along with us.  We have food, the kids are warm, somewhat comfortable beds, COFFEE with the good creamer (again ROCK ON AIR FORCE) and cable TV.  I can once again say NO BIGGIE!  As long as they get us home SOON!!!!