Take One

Date: Saturday, November 13, 2010

Time: 0500
Setting: Kadena AB PAX Terminal

Attendance: The whole friggin' family

Luggage: 3 suitcases, 1 diaper bag, 1 backpack, 1 purse, 1 rolling Lightning McQueen bag, 2 car seats...all stuffed to maximum capacity

Weather: Rainy, of course.

Time spent waiting: 3 hours

Outcome: Well, we're still in Okinawa, but we came close - missed it by a seat.  They had four seats left and we were next in line.  One. Darn. Seat.  I'm about 99.998% sure there would be some pissed off grandparents if we left a child behind.

Outlook: Sunny, actually.  Tomorrow there are two planes we can try: one plane is going to Kelly Field, Texas (but said plane, unfortunately, has a tendency to break and since it stops in Osan, South Korea, we're a tad bit scared to get stuck), and one plane is going to Hickam AFB, then on to McConnell AFB.  Now, most of you probably recognize that Kelly Field is SAN ANTONIO.  Could it be any more perfect?  Yes, it could.  We will probably take our chances on it because it has more available seats and we're at least near the top of the waiting list, but it isn't the most reliable.  Here's hoping that bird flies - all the way to Texas.  Before you get too concerned, though, I should clarify that we don't think the plane will break while it's flying, just that we'll land in South Korea and they'll find something wrong that prevents them from clearing it to fly again.  Maybe for a few hours, maybe for a few days.  Either way, no me gusta the idea of being stuck in Korea.  The alternative flight takes us to Hawaii and then on to Kansas.  So if that one breaks, we're stuck in Hawaii.  I'm having a hard time finding much wrong with that.  If it doesn't break, which it is less likely to do than the other one, then it will get us to Wichita, Kansas, and we'll have to get to San Antonio from there.  That's not a bad deal, either.  We would just like to get on a plane tomorrow.

Stay tuned!    

In other news...We got back to the house and the babies were ecstatic to be unstrapped.  Audie, who's been scooting around on his belly for weeks, was so excited that he just up and crawled!  That, combined with the fact that he is already pulling up on anything and everything, makes me believe this could be the beginning of the end.  I better lace up my running shoes.