The day started out a little crazy. I had childcare set up for the boys. Someone told me that it would only be about an hour, when I got there they said no, it would take several hours. I only had childcare scheduled til 11 and couldn't extend. Luckily a few people cancelled and I was able to take the boys with me. Zach was on duty today, so it was me by myself. Before we left, I had to go over to the lady's house, pay her because I couldn't give her 24 hour notice, then head back. I had half an hour to accomplish this plus go back up to the 4th floor to get car seats and change a diaper. So we made it with 10 minutes to spare. Yes, I'm THAT good! We got loaded on the large van and headed out. First we looked at a tower unit which really wasn't bad. I really liked it, but once I saw the townhouse, there was no other option. It's just nice. Reminds me a bit of our first place in Great Lakes. Except, I requested an end unit this time:)
We decided (along with another lady and her daughter) to take the train back to base instead of looking at Negishi. That would've added another hour onto our trip and it was lunch time. So started our fun trip back to Yokosuka. 2 Moms and 3 kids. In a foreign country. Second time riding the train. You get the picture. Well, after reading the directions, we got on a train, only to find out it was the wrong one. So we headed back and went to get on the right train. As we were boarding, Luke's foot slipped in between the train and the platform. His Croc fell off. At this point I was too tired and ready to get back to really care. So I carried him on my shoulders all the way from the train station to the base. I think it might be about a mile, I don't know. What I do know is that my shoulders are still sore. Now I only packed each boy 2 pairs of shoes. Wouldn't you know we couldn't find Luke's other shoe when we were visiting family near Panama City, FL. Turns out it was under one of the beds, but that left him with only his Crocs. So off to the NEX we went. I do have to say that they have an amazing Children's Navy Exchange here. The lady that I met on the bus over was telling me that if I see something I like buy it, because they sell out of stuff quickly and it won't come back. Thankfully I ran into a great sale and got both boys some shoes. Jack got a pair of Green Eggs and Ham Converse, super cute! After that we headed back to the hotel room and called down to the housing to sign the paperwork. I have our address and our official move in date is the 23rd. Now we have from now until then to figure out how we're going to get all our stuff there. We have 8 bags that we checked in as well as one carry on each.
So I think this was a very eventful day for our first duty day. And it's not even over yet. About 24 hours til we see Zachary again and so much has happened!
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