2x's a charm

This day started off OK, even though we were running out the door to swim. We got there when the song had just finished. Oh well. Our 3 day in a row of timeliness is done! We were late lol.






Today we needed to get our van's JCI done. Its done every 2 years here. Basically another reason for the Japanese Government to rape us Americans for more money. Off to Foster (base) we go.

Here is my sweet little girl in her seat.

We get to the insurance place to buy the insurance for the JCI, yes, we have to have 2 insurances here. Even though they consider us professional drivers, we pay double, and if a Japanese national hits us, yup, you guessed it, we still have to pay a portion even though it was their fault, cause being a professional driver, we are suppose to see the accident before it happens and prevent it. Ever see a flying car???? Me either. So until our cars can fly out of the way of an idiot non driver, we will continue to pay. Vent over...

So i stand in line for 30 min with 3 kids. Not bad, they were actually doing well. Get all the info out to the lady for the insurance, now its time to pay. They only take cash, yen or checks. I haven't written a check in years. WTF happened to debit cards??? Now i have to leave, find an ATM, pull 3 kid out of the car to get yen and go stand back in line. If you think i stood there waiting for my turn again, your crazy and don't know me well. I walked right up to the insurance lady so she could finish my stuff.

I have my insurance now i have to go pay my weight tax, for the JCI. i get there, wait again. This time the kids are ready to be free and showing their ass. I get ready to pay to realize I'm short on yen. By $5. Now I'm pissed. back in the car, to the ATM to pull out $50 worth of yen for $5 freakin dollars worth of yen. See, we can only pull out 5000 as the lowest amount. That's about $50 us dollars. Back to the damn place to pay. Now everything is gravy. All i have to do is pay for the inspection, and get the inspection done. Easier said then done. The wont do it with kids in the car. The driver only. WTF????? where am i suppose to leave my kids? Well the Japanese dude says the garage. HUH? you know where they watch kids. Umm no, That's called a daycare freak! SO off home i go, hoping my friend is home so i could leave the kids. Mean while, each way on the toll is costing $3, and 30 min of my time. Here is the dude at the toll. I don't think he wanted his pic taken. Oh well, too bad lol

Drop the kids off and go back down for the inspection. Did i pass? NOPE! My tire boots in the front are cracked then the ass tells me my seat belt light needs to be replaced. Umm, stick your head in my car, the light works just fine." so sorry, i didn't see". Yeah, no shit. I head to the garage to get the stuff fixed, $100 for everything, it will be done in 4-5 hrs. I laugh and leave. Actually at this point I'm in tears. I'm fed up and this shit has to be done by next week. With dh leaving tomorrow, i have the wonderful job of doing it alone. So i head home, get the kids and head to my local shop. If its going to take 5 hrs, id rather be close to home and take the green line bus home. The green line is a free nice bus the Marine Corps pays, to go from camp to camp as transportation for the single Marines. I check out at the shop. The $100 job is going to cost $45 for everything and take about 10 min. They will do it tomorrow when i get back from the airport. What a relief! I'm so glad i checked around first. The rest of the night has been chill. If you made it this far, I'm sorry lmao. This was a day from hell. I'm off to chill with the hubby. We have to get up early to take him to the airport. Lucky, he gets an all expense paid trip to Australia. I know its not for fun but still, its Australia and kid free lmao. Here is my stupid pic for the day. This is the crap they graffiti. Make sense? lmao, they don't bomb anything here.