What a Week!

Last Thursday, May 14th, the movers came and boxed all of our things up! The moving company sent three people to pack our things up. I got to spend quality time with the cats on the patio. Doug made sure the movers got everything packed. It took them eight hours to pack everything and we provided lunch! The next day, Friday May 15th, the movers came with five people and a Semi-truck to load it all up. It only took them four hours to load the Semi-truck up with our belongings. Doug and I provided them with lunch before they left.

Also on Friday, May 15th, my school held an End of the Year Parade to have somewhat of a closure to the school year. I went because I wanted to see all my colleagues and I wanted to say goodbye! This is not how anyone wanted to end the school year, but I am glad I got to see everyone one last time!

On Monday May 18th, the wavier we had to sent to ‘Big Navy’ due to Covid-19, finally got approved. This means we will leave Colorado for an epic road trip to Kentucky on Friday, May 29th. We will be staying with family until we fly to Japan at the end of June.

Yesterday, Wednesday May 20th, Doug logged in to look for his orders because his Detailer cut him new orders (new orders had us getting to Japan at the end of July and we would be stuck in Colorado for another month). Adding onto this, our apartment is already rented out, so another month in Colorado, would have meant living in a hotel for a month then heading to Kentucky. Doug had to call his Detailer, to tell her, he had a wavier in for his old orders and she would have to correct them once the waiver was approved.

What does all this mean? Well, it’s just delaying us getting our plane tickets. So, he got his old orders in this morning. We are waiting for the message from Japan to approve me. After we get that message, then Brandon (a civilian that works with Doug and a great friend) will order our plane tickets! Once we have plane tickets, we will re-route them through Cincinnati, OH. Then we can call a vet at Fort Knox for the cats last appointment (they have to be checked out ten days before our flight)!

This has been quite a journey already and we aren’t even in Japan yet! More to come next week!