travel day wrap-up

so picture this---daddy hasn't seen his wife and kids for four months, waits patiently as the doors open outside of customs and out runs his family into the warm hands of his open embrace. okay, now get that idealistic mess out of your head, afterall, we are a dark cloud kind of family. everything that can go wrong, generally does. well, maybe not EVERYTHING. anyhow, after an exhausting adventure with our mass amounts of luggage in boston, we whizzed right through check in and security. we were off. the flights were awesome. the girls did so well. i didn't even need to pull out entertainment for the 12 hour leg, which was so good. i needed some sleep. there was a major storm (typhoon) that hit the area around the base. they lost power and had some damage. chris didn't end up getting to the airport until after 6:30. my flight landed at 5:20 and i hadn't even talked with him to confirm anything since he expressed his doubts about us arriving today. needless to say, i was a bit stressed and anxious trying to figure out a plan while dragging along my cart with 6 suitcases and 2 carseats and stroller toting two children. it was a sight. i was a sweaty mess. anyway, i had just purchased a bus ticket to the base when i heard my name on the loudspeaker. i was on my way in that direction when i spotted chris. later i found out that chris hadn't paged me, but instead, in the midst of all my jostling, i had managed to forget the pack and play at the baggage claim. ( i knew things were going way too well the past 2 days). anyway, we'll have to venture back adn figure out how to retrieve that. otherwise, the girls are well rested (of course according to us time zone standards--here it is 2:00 and they are raring to go), i am tired and chris has no food, sheets for the extra bed or water/diet coke to drink. i think it is going to be a very loooonnnnggg night.

i am planning on going to the school to do some paperwork for hiring and maybe work in my classroom a bit. we'll see as i'll have our two kiddos with me. i am excited for the year to begin. i did meet a really nice couple from massachusetts while waiting for our flight to korea, but stupidly didn't get their number. hopefully we'll run into each other again. they have kiddos around the same age as ours. i guess there is hope for some friendships here. better get my miss social hat on ;)