Stick a fork in me, I’m done…

FINALLY finished the det I’ve been on, and headed home, just a 12 hour flight left…

A few more insult to injury laughs…

Zero dark 30 order and the greasy spoon at the flight line, been in since 0300, hungry, out of coffee, etc. Order the daily special; Bacon, egg and cheese sandwich from the Mamasan- She asks twice if I want bacon, I say I do, with coffee, with OJ… back and forth in pidgin English, Japanese and a lot of pointing… I go sit down and wait, she finally calls my number, and guess what I get?

Three pieces of bacon on a plate, and a little cup of orange sherbet… sigh…

We get a gang together for a final dinner (the token one good meal), go to a nice Japanese restaurant, order the meal for twelve special, only to find out one lady is allergic to shellfish!!!! Of course, EVERY damn course had some form of shellfish… And of course this restaurant has nothing else but miso soup and salad, so she gets that, only to find out the dressing is sesame ginger (which she is also allergic to)… On the way back, we stopped at McDonald’s and bought her a Big Mac…

Get two of four riders off one of the boats, the other two planning to ride and get in a day late; of course the boat gets other tasking, they ‘may’ be back by 20 Dec… sigh…

Fly back up to Tokyo, get on the train for the ride back down to Yoko, sardine can again. Get to Yoko, it’s cold, pouring rain and I end up walking about 3/4 mile to the base with my rain jacket over my bags, so I was just a hair wet… Empty bag when I get to billeting, only to find that water was leaking from a seam I missed, so 0100 in the morning I’m washing/drying clothes and ironing so I have clean pressed clothes for the 0800 meeting. I show up (after about 2 hours of sleep), only to find out the meeting has been moved to 1500!!! ARGGHHHHH!!!

Went back, was going to go to bed, but the Mamasan was cleaning the room, so I couldn’t go back to sleep… sigh…

Now sitting at the airport, waiting for the airplane to show up and hoping nothing else happens this trip!

Please remember our Sailors, Soldiers, Marines, and Airmen in this holiday season as they are far from home, working to protect the USA and our way of life.

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Stick a fork in me, I’m done… — 9 Comments

  1. Hi Jim, Even being an athiest I’m still going to wish you a merry Christmas and hope the next year goes a lot better than this one with the travel woes! Have a good one my friend. Regards

  2. Wyatt- Oh thanks… 🙂

    Ev- Same to ya!

    Fuzzy- I made it home, so THAT is an improvement 🙂

  3. glad to hear that you made it home in one piece …. hopefully the next trip will be a lot less stressful 🙂

  4. At least you now know where you can get some food and what it will be when it arrives…well, usually. 🙂

    Get some rest!